After a two-year orbital tour around comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft — carrying Southwest Research Institute’s Alice ultraviolet spectrograph — will end its mission this week on Sept. 30. Rosetta […]
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NASA Television to Provide Coverage of European Mission Comet Touchdown
NASA Television and the agency’s website will air the conclusion of ESA’s (European Space Agency’s) Rosetta mission from 6:15 to 8 a.m. EDT Friday, Sept. 30, with NASA commentary, interviews […]
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ESA at the 67th International Astronautical Congress
Starting on 26 September, Guadalajara in Mexico will host the 67th International Astronautical Congress, the annual global convention that covers all aspects of space activities. ESA’s Director General Jan Woerner […]
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Spacecom says SpaceX will give it $50 million or free launch for losing Amos-6
Spacecom, the owner of Amos-6, says it will be compensated for the destroyed satellite by both SpaceX and the satellite’s manufacturer, IAI.
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Philae Lander Found on Comet 67P
Less than a month before the end of the mission, Rosetta’s high-resolution camera has revealed the Philae lander wedged into a dark crack on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The images were taken […]
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GPS in space: NPL and Leicester bring autonomous interplanetary travel closer to reality
– Pulsars can be used to obtain position along a particular direction in space to an accuracy of 2km – Current large ground-based technology is limited by cost and number […]
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How Comets Are Born
Understanding how and when objects like Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko took shape is of utmost importance in determining how exactly they can be used to interpret the formation and early evolution of […]
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Startup plans space-based cubesat network
Wednesday’s briefing begins with a Silicon Valley startup completing a step towards funding their satellite communications network.
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ESA plans Euro-Russian lunar exploration to go beyond Apollo ‘gift shop visit’
The European Space Agency’s penchant for a major lunar exploration program that would precede a full-scale exploration of Mars was fully in evidence on July 12 with the signing of a contract to put an ESA drill on Russia’s Luna-Resurs lunar lander.
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Cliffs on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
This striking view of Comet 67P/ChuryumovGerasimenko reveals portions of both comet lobes, with dramatic shadows on the ‘neck’ region between them. It was taken by Rosetta’s navigation camera (NavCam) on […]
