6Foot2 Posted June 14, 2015 Posted June 14, 2015 Link: Philae comet lander wakes up - BBC News The European Space Agency (Esa) says its comet lander, Philae, has woken up and contacted Earth...
6Foot2 Posted June 15, 2015 Posted June 15, 2015 Haha yeah I saw the tweet. Adorable Ah. I hadn't and thought that you might not have also.
6Foot2 Posted June 16, 2015 Posted June 16, 2015 http://www.compoundchem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/The-Philae-Lander-%E2%80%93-Chemistry-on-a-Comet.png Link: Compound Interest - The Philae Lander - Chemistry on a Comet
6Foot2 Posted June 30, 2016 Posted June 30, 2016 Rosetta's shadow http://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2016/06/rosetta_s_shadow/16048903-1-eng-GB/Rosetta_s_shadow_node_full_image_2.gif This sequence of 12 images taken by Rosetta's OSIRIS narrow-angle camera on 14 February 2015 capture the spacecraft's shadow against the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The images were taken about six kilometres above the comet’s surface, and the image resolution is just 11 cm/pixel. The image frames are about 228 m across. Rosetta’s fuzzy shadow, measuring approximately 20 x 50 metres, is seen at the bottom of the images. The 12 images are featured in today's data release, which includes over 3500 OSIRIS images taken in the period 20 December 2014 – 10 March 2015. Link: Space in Images - 2016 - 06 - Rosetta's shadow
6Foot2 Posted July 1, 2016 Posted July 1, 2016 Link: Rosetta comet probe given termination date - BBC News The Rosetta probe will be crash-landed on Comet 67P on Friday 30 September, the European Space Agency has confirmed. The manoeuvre, which is expected to destroy the satellite, will bring to an end two years of investigations at the 4km-wide icy dirt-ball. Flight controllers plan to have the cameras taking and relaying pictures during the final descent. Sensors that "sniff" the chemical environment will also be switched on. All other instruments will likely be off...
6Foot2 Posted September 5, 2016 Posted September 5, 2016 Link: Found: Philae lander finally spotted by Rosetta on comet 67P: New Scientist ...Finding Philae doesn’t just provide a sense of closure for those who thought it would be lost forever, as knowing the landing site will help mission scientists fully understand the data gathered by the probe. “This wonderful news means that we now have the missing ‘ground-truth’ information needed to put Philae’s three days of science into proper context, now that we know where that ground actually is,” said Rosetta project scientist Matt Taylor. Rosetta doesn’t have long to celebrate its success. On 30 September, the mission team will command the spacecraft to land on 67P’s surface – something it was never designed to do – providing us with a second chance to study a comet up close. Although Rosetta will end up in a slightly different part of the comet, in some sense the two spacecraft will finally be reunited.
stevenlong1985 Posted September 15, 2016 Posted September 15, 2016 First-Ever Discovery: Complex Organic Molecules Found on Rosetta's Comet
Garacesh Posted September 30, 2016 Posted September 30, 2016 Well, today is the day. In about 10 minutes, Rosetta is kaput. Rosetta probe set for comet collision - BBC News
6Foot2 Posted September 30, 2016 Posted September 30, 2016 http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/rosetta.png Link: xkcd: Rosetta Image text: I WONDERED why he kept asking whether we thought the impact speed was too low.
6Foot2 Posted October 15, 2016 Posted October 15, 2016 Link: View Rosetta's comet This interactive tool allows you to view Rosetta’s target comet (67P/C-G) from all angles. You can zoom in and out, pan across, and rotate the comet to explore its surface as seen by Rosetta’s navigation camera, NAVCAM.
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now