ESA’s comet chaser Rosetta will take part in one of the world’s largest astronomical observation campaigns – the Deep Impact event – while on its cruise to Comet 69P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Rosetta […]
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Earth and Moon through Rosetta’s eyes
Images ESA’s comet chaser mission Rosetta took these infrared and visible images of Earth and the Moon, during the Earth fly-by of 4/5 March 2005 while on its way to […]
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Rosetta Up Close photo contest winners announced
ESA received more than 45 fascinating images from Canada, USA, Europe and Africa during last month’s ‘Rosetta Up Close’ photo contest. Competition was tight, the quality was universally high and […]
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Amateur watchers invited to ‘Rosetta Up Close’ photo contest
Rosetta’s Earth fly-by on 4 March, ESA’s closest ever at just 1900 kilometres, will provide a fantastic photo opportunity. The ‘Rosetta Up Close’ photo contest will recognize and reward the […]
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NASA Spitzer space telescope reads solar system’s ‘Rosetta Stone’
When our solar system was young, its biggest babies–Jupiter and Saturn–threw tantrums by the trillion. The huge planets hurled ice-covered rocky bodies from the inner solar system far past the […]
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SwRI ion and electron sensor successfully commissioned for operation aboard ESA Rosetta comet orbiter
The Ion and Electron Spectrometer (IES), one of three NASA instruments aboard the European Space Agency (ESA) Rosetta comet orbiter, successfully underwent an intensive commissioning exercise that qualified it for […]
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Image of the Earth-Moon system taken from Rosetta
This image, taken by ESA’s Rosetta comet-chaser spacecraft, shows the Earth-Moon system from a distance of 70 million kilometres. This is close to the maximum distance reached by the spacecraft […]
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Rosetta’s scientific ‘first’ – observation of Comet Linear
ESA’s comet-chaser Rosetta, whose 10-year journey to its final target Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko started on 2 March, is well on its way. The first phase of commissioning is close to completion […]
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SwRI ultraviolet spectrometer aboard Rosetta performing flawlessly on its way to comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko
The Alice ultraviolet imaging spectrometer, one of three NASA instruments aboard the European Space Agency (ESA) Rosetta comet orbiter, successfully passed its space checkout last month. The checkout occurred approximately […]
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Atmel’s CCD Imaging ICs Embark on 10-Year Journey into Space – Rosetta Launched with Atmel Chips on Board
Atmel® Corporation is proud to announce its contribution to the European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission. The satellite was successfully launched on March 2, 2004 by ArianeV, taking along Atmel’s family […]
