Rosetta
Philae Snaps a Spacetastic Selfie
Spacecraft "selfies" are always a treat and this one is doubly awesome: taken by the Philae lander piggybacked onto ESA's…
Rosetta Captures Breathtaking Comet Views Advancing Landing Site Selection
The Rosetta spacecraft is capturing ever more breathtaking views of its target comet that are significantly advancing landing site selection…
Rosetta’s Cloudy Comet Shroud Spotted From The Ground, While Spacecraft Picks Up Dust Grains
This picture shows it is possible to look at Rosetta's comet from Earth, but what a lot of work it…
New Mosaic Reveals Jets Blasting from Rosetta’s Comet
Hidden among the four new images of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko released by ESA this week are a pair of dusty jets…
What Comets, Parking Lots and Charcoal Have in Common
All the pictures we've seen of Rosetta's target comet 67P/C-G show it reflecting brightly against the background of outer space.…
How Do You Land on a Comet? Very Carefully.
ESA has announced that on September 15, the team from the Rosetta mission will reveal the landing site for the…
Rosetta Now Up Close to Comet 67P – Snapping Mapping Mosaics for Momentous Philae Landing
Four-image photo mosaic comprising images taken by Rosetta's navigation camera on 31 August 2014 from a distance of 61 km…
Rosetta’s Comet Looms In The Dark In Close-Up Spacecraft Shot
Wow! Rosetta is getting ever-closer to its target comet by the day. This navigation camera shot from Aug. 23 shows…
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…
Rosetta Moving Closer to Comet 67P Hunting for Philae Landing Site
http://youtu.be/CNGu7KbXzOs Animation Caption: Possible landing sites on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The model shows the illumination of the comets surface and regions…