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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 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…
Photo Gallery: Step Right Up And Tour Rosetta’s Comet! Where Shall We Land?
What's one of the first things you do when arriving at a new destination? Likely it would be scoping out…
What’s Ahead for Rosetta – ‘Finding a Landing Strip’ on Bizarre Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Where would you land here? Newly released NAVCAM image taken by Rosetta on 5 August 2014 from a distance of…
Once Upon a Time There Was a Spacecraft Called Rosetta…
…and that time is now! ESA's Rosetta spacecraft is just over a mere two weeks away from its arrival at…
Rosetta’s Comet Looks Like A Kidney Flying Through Space
Up for a little abstract art, anyone? The latest images of the nucleus of Rosetta's comet makes it look like…
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)…
What Will Rosetta’s Comet Look Like? How Artists Over The Years Pictured It
Comets are notoriously hard to predict -- just ask those people on Comet ISON watch late in 2013. So as…
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…