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Rosetta Watches Comet 67P Tumbling Through Space
This is really getting exciting! ESA's Rosetta spacecraft (and the piggybacked Philae lander) are in the home stretch to arrive at Comet…
How Big is Rosetta’s Comet?
Pretty darn big, I'd say. The illustration above shows the relative scale of the comet that ESA's Rosetta and Philae…
Rosetta Detects Water on its Target Comet
It's no surprise that there is a lot of water in comets. The "dirty snowballs" (or dusty ice-balls, more accurately)…
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Opportunity Peers Out from ‘Pillinger Point’ – Honoring British Beagle 2 Mars Scientist Where Ancient Water Flowed
NASA’s decade old Opportunity rover has reached a long sought after region of aluminum-rich clay mineral outcrops at a new…
ESA Marks 50 Years of Cooperative Space Innovation
In 1964 the European Launcher Development Organisation (ELDO) and the European Space Research Organisation (ESRO) were founded, on February 29 and March…
Rosetta’s Philae Lander Snaps a Selfie
Philae is awake... and taking pictures! This image, acquired last night with the lander's CIVA (Comet nucleus Infrared and Visible…
ESA Awakens Rosetta’s Comet Lander
Little Philae is awake! ESA sent a wake-up call to the 100-kg (220-lb) lander riding aboard the Rosetta spacecraft this…
Weekly Space Hangout – February 21, 2014: Two-Man Show!
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Astrojournalist: Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @cosmic_chatter) This Week's Stories: (more…)
Keeping An Eye On Gaia
Gaia, ESA's long-anticipated mission to map the stars of our galaxy (as well as do a slew of other cool…
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NASA Pressing Towards Fall 2014 Orion Test Flight – Service Module Complete
Engineers prepare Orion’s service module for installation of the fairings that will protect it during launch this fall when Orion…