Europe’s Philae lander, riding Comet 67P as it heats up and spews off increasing amounts of gas and dust as it approaches the sun, has likely changed position or suffered transmitter failure, raising concern over whether it will be able to communicate again, the lander’s control center said July 20.
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In Conversation | UK Space Agency CEO David Parker
As major new facilities for ESA and RAL Space open in the UK, and on the eve of the biannual UK Space Conference, the UK Space Agency CEO David Parker gives an in-depth, wide-ranging interview on the outlook for the sector in the UK and Europe.
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Philae Comet Lander Reawakens, Phones Home
Europe’s Philae comet lander, which for unexplained reasons had been silent since June 24, reawakened July 9 for a nearly uninterrupted period of about 20 minutes, sending signals through the Rosetta orbiter, the French and German space agencies said July 10.
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Philae Contacted and Successfully Executes Commands
The Philae lander communicated with the Rosetta orbiter again between 19:45 and 20:07 CEST on 9 July 2015 and transmitted measurement data from the COmet Nucleus Sounding Experiment by Radiowave […]
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Q&A with New Horizons Principal Investigator Alan Stern
For Alan Stern, the wait is almost over. On July 14, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, after a journey spanning nearly a decade, will fly past Pluto at 50,000 kilometers per hour, becoming the first spacecraft to make a close approach to this distant world that, for three-quarters of a century, was classified as the ninth planet.
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Jean-Jacques Dordain Shares 30 Years of Experience
With Jean-Jacques Dordain’s term as ESA Director General coming to a close in June, the Royal Aeronautical Society Space Group has invited Mr Dordain to share his experiences of working […]
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European space industry collaborates with ESA for the future
More than 80 companies from ESA Member States met recently to begin discussing new models of collaboration to reinforce European space industry’s presence in the world market. A first-ever event […]
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Celebrating 10-Year Anniversary of Deep Impact Mission
WHAT:Ten years ago, University of Maryland astronomers led NASA’s “Deep Impact” mission — when a spacecraft interacted with the surface of a comet for the first time. The mission made […]
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Exposed Water Ice Detected on Surface of Comet 67P
Using the high-resolution science camera on board ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft, scientists have identified more than a hundred patches of water ice a few metres in size on the surface of […]
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ESTEC Open Day
Europe’s largest place for space is little visited, but hugely influential: this October you get the chance to see for yourself. ESA’s technical centre ESTEC is opening its doors to […]
