The European Philae comet lander’s accidental touchdown location nearly froze it to death during seven months of cometary winter but now will keep it functioning as the comet moves to its closest distance from the sun in mid-August, European space scientists said June 17.
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Philae Lander Reawakens on Comet
The German and European space agencies on June 14 said Europe’s Philae lander, which has remained silent since mid-November after operating for nearly 60 hours on Comet 67P, reawakened and began sending fresh data for a total of 85 seconds on June 13.
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Alice instrument’s ultraviolet close-up provides a surprising discovery about comet’s atmosphere
A close-up of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko by NASA’s ultraviolet instrument surprised scientists by revealing that electrons close to the comet’s surface — not photons from the Sun as had been believed […]
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Jets on Comet 67P
This single frame Rosetta navigation camera image of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was taken on 20 May 2015 from a distance of 163.6 km from the comet centre The image has a […]
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Stark Vistas on Comet 67P
This image was captured on 19 October 2014 and looks across the neck from the comet’s small lobe in the foreground to the large lobe in the background. Parts of […]
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Two Southwest Research Institute Instruments Selected for NASA Europa Mission
Two Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) instruments have been selected for a NASA mission to Europa, which will launch in the 2020s to study this large, potentially habitable Jovian moon. The […]
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Uncovering the Mysteries of Cosmic Explosions
An automated software system developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory played a key role in the discovery of supernova iPTF 14atg and could provide insight, a virtual Rosetta stone, into […]
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ESA’s 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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Comet 67P on 15 April 2015
This single frame Rosetta navigation camera image of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was taken on 15 April 2015 from a distance of 170 km from the comet center. The image has a […]
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Airbus Charges Ahead with Electric Propulsion
After booking its third all-electric spacecraft earlier this year, the head of Airbus Defense & Space’s satellite division says the firm’s all-electric portfolio is well-positioned to capture a big share of demand for the new propulsion technology.
