The mission was placed into hibernation in June 2011 because it was too far from the sun to permit its solar arrays to provide full power.
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VIDEO | Rosetta Mission
The busiest U.S. spaceport is planning to support up to 21 rocket launches in 2014, a 50 percent increase from 2013.
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Rosetta Comet Will Wake Up Early
On its way toward the Sun comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko, next year’s destination of ESA’s spacecraft Rosetta, will start emitting gas and dust earlier than previously expected. The comet’s activity should be […]
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Rosetta Flyby Uncovers The Complex History of Asteroid Lutetia
The long and tumultuous history of asteroid (21) Lutetia is revealed by a comprehensive analysis of the data gathered by ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft when it flew past this large main-belt […]
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Call for Media: Giotto and Rosetta – 25 years of comet science
Twenty-five years ago, ESA’s Giotto spacecraft made its mark in deep space. Passing Halley’s comet at a distance of only 600 km, Giotto was the first mission to perform a […]
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Rosetta’s First Glimpse of Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Approximately 163 million kilometers still separate ESA’s spacecraft Rosetta from comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko, its 2014 target. Despite this remarkable distance, scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) […]
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Rosetta Comet Probe Enters Hibernation in Deep Space
The final command placing ESA’s Rosetta comet-chaser into deep-space hibernation was sent earlier today. With virtually all systems shut down, the probe will now coast for 31 months until waking […]
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Rosetta to sleep through loneliest leg of comet mission
On 8 June, mission controllers will have the first opportunity to switch ESA’s Rosetta comet-hunter into deep-space hibernation for 31 months. During this loneliest leg of its decade-long mission, Rosetta […]
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When is a comet not a comet? Rosetta finds out
It was a case of celestial hit and run. Two asteroids, both in the wrong place at the wrong time. The result: one big trail of debris and a case […]
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Philae and Rosetta Gear Up for Lutetia
The Rosetta orbiter, which carries the DLR lander Philae, has completed more than two thirds of its journey to the comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The most comprehensive cometary investigation ever, the mission […]
