Today the Rosetta Science Working Team has made the final selection of the asteroids that Rosetta will observe at close quarters during its journey to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Steins and Lutetia […]
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Rosetta begins its 10-year journey to the origins of the Solar System
Europe’s Rosetta cometary probe has been successfully launched into an orbit around the Sun, which will allow it to reach the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in 2014 after three flybys of the […]
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Rosetta begins its 10-year journey to the origins of the Solar System
Europe’s Rosetta cometary probe has been successfully launched into an orbit around the Sun, which will allow it to reach the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in 2014 after three flybys of the […]
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SwRI charged particle detector and ultraviolet spectrometer to fly aboard Rosetta
When the European Space Agency launches its Rosetta comet orbiter mission on February 26, two instruments built by researchers at Southwest Research Institute will be along for the ride. The […]
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Rosetta Spacecraft to launch; Designed to Harpoon Comet
Like the massive white whale in Herman Melville’s 1851 classic “Moby Dick,” comets have long been considered swift, elusive harbingers of change. So it should be of little surprise that […]
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Hi-tech in space – Rosetta – a space sophisticate
The European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission gets underway next week. The Rosetta spacecraft will be pairing up with Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and accompanying it on its journey, investigating the comet’s composition […]
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Rosetta lander named Philae
With just 21 days to the launch of the European Space Agency’s Rosetta comet mission, the spacecraft’s lander has been named “Philae”. Rosetta embarks on a 10-year journey to Comet […]
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The Rosetta space probe’s long trek to Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenk
The countdown to Rosetta’s rendezvous in space began on 1 March 1997. At the end of February 2004, seven years and not a few headaches later, the European Space Agency […]
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Rosetta Ready to Explore A Comet’s Realm
ESA’s comet chaser will soon be heading towards a new target, known as 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, but the mission team is confident that a rich scientific bonanza awaits when Rosetta arrives at […]
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Rosetta Ready to Land on a Larger Comet
Developed and planned over many years, the pioneering Rosetta mission is one of the most challenging ever undertaken in the history of space exploration. In May 2003, however, engineers were […]
