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Rosetta Orbiter less than 500 Kilometers from Comet 67P Following Penultimate...
Latest NAVCAM camera image taken on 2 August 2014 from a distance of about 500 kilometers from comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Credits: ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM The Rosetta comet chaser is currently less...
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Rosetta Probe Swoops Closer to Comet Destination than ISS is to Earth and...
NAVCAM image taken on 3 August 2014 from a distance of about 300 km from comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The Sun is towards the bottom of the image in this orientation. Credits: ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM...
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Rosetta on Final Approach to Historic Comet Rendezvous – Watch Live Here
ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft on final approach to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in early August 2014. This collage of navcam imagery from Rosetta was taken on Aug. 1, 2, 3 and 4 from distances of 1026...
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Rosetta Arrives at ‘Scientific Disneyland’ for Ambitious Study of Comet...
The image of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was taken by Rosetta’s OSIRIS narrow-angle camera on 3 August 2014 from a distance of 285 km. Credits: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team...
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What’s Ahead for Rosetta –‘Finding a Landing Strip’ on Bizarre Comet...
Where would you land here? Newly released NAVCAM image taken by Rosetta on 5 August 2014 from a distance of about 145 km from comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Image has been rotated 180 degrees....
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Coma Dust Collection Science starts for Rosetta at Comet...
Rosetta NAVCAM image taken on 10 August 2014 from a distance of about 110 km from comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The comet nucleus is about 4 km across. Credit: ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM With the historic...
View ArticleRosetta Moving Closer to Comet 67P Hunting for Philae Landing Site
Animation Caption: Possible landing sites on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The model shows the illumination of the comets surface and regions under landing site consideration for the Philae lander...
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5 Landing Site Candidates Selected for Rosetta’s Historic Philae Comet Lander
Five candidate sites were identified on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko for Rosetta’s Philae lander. The approximate locations of the five regions are marked on these OSIRIS narrow-angle camera images...
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Rosetta Captures Breathtaking Comet Views Advancing Landing Site Selection
Jagged cliffs and prominent boulders are visible in this image taken by OSIRIS on 5 September 2014 from a distance of 62 kilometres from comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The left part of the image...
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Comet’s Head Selected as Landing Site for Rosetta’s Historic Philae Lander
Context image showing the location of the primary landing site for Rosetta’s lander Philae. Site J is located on the head of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. An inset showing a close up of the landing...
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Glorious Global 3-D Mars from ISRO’s MOM and ESA’s Rosetta
3-D image of Mars generated from multiple pictures acquired by Mars Color Camera on-board Mars Orbiter Spacecraft on Sept 28, 2014. 3-D red/blue glasses required. Credit: ISRO Here’s another...
View ArticleWeekly Space Hangout – Nov. 14, 2014: Holy Rosetta! We Landed on a Comet!
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Guests: Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @cosmic_chatter) Brian Koberlein (@briankoberlein) Alessondra Springmann (@sondy) Ramin Skibba (@raminskibba) (...)Read the rest...
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Weekly Space Hangout – April 17, 2015: Amy Shira Teitel and “Breaking the...
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Amy Shira Teitel (@astVintageSpace) discussing space history and her new book Breaking the Chains of Gravity Guests: Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org /...
View ArticleWeekly Space Hangout – May 29, 2015: Dr. Bradley M. Peterson
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: This week we welcome Dr. Bradley M. Peterson, whose research is directed towards determination of the physical nature of active galactic nuclei. Guests:...
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Rosetta Discovery of Surprise Molecular Breakup Mechanism in Comet Coma...
Rosetta discovered an unexpected process at comet nucleus that causes the rapid breakup of water and carbon dioxide molecules. This single frame Rosetta navigation camera image was taken from a...
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Rosetta Orbiter Approved for Extended Mission and Bold Comet Landing
Rosetta will attempt comet landing This single frame Rosetta navigation camera image of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was taken on 15 June 2015 from a distance of 207 km from the comet centre. The...
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Spectacular Celestial Fireworks Commemorate Perihelion Passage of Rosetta’s...
Sequence of OSIRIS narrow-angle camera images from 12 August 2015, just a few hours before the comet reached perihelion. Credits: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA...
View ArticleCarnival of Space #468-469
Welcome, come in to the 468th and 469th Carnival of Space – we combined these two since it’s summer break for a lot of folks! The Carnival is a community of space science and astronomy writers and...
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Journey’s End: Comet Crash for Rosetta Mission Finale
With a soft “awwww” from the mission team in the control center in Darmstadt, Germany, the signal from the Rosetta spacecraft faded, indicating the end of its journey. Rosetta made a controlled impact...
View ArticleWeekly Space Hangout – October 21, 2016: Dr. Voula Saridakis of @histastro &...
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: This week’s special guest is Dr. Voula Saridakis, a professor at Lake Forest College in Illinois specializing in the history of science and astronomy, who...
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