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Rise And Shine! Rosetta’s Comet Emerges From Behind Sun, Much Brighter Than Before
After four months behind the sun from Earth's perspective, comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is back in view -- and brighter than ever! New…
Video: These Children from Greece (and Poland) Helped Wake Up the Rosetta Spacecraft
The European Space Agency asked for help in waking up the Rosetta spacecraft from 31 months of deep-space hibernation, and…
Rosetta Is Happily Awake, But Comet Lander Will Slumber Until March
Now that Rosetta has (leisurely) arose from a 31-month slumber in space, the next step is to figure out how…
Weekly Space Hangout – January 24, 2014: LEGO Mars Rover & the Supernova We Missed in the Star Party!
Host: Fraser Cain Special Guests: Stephen Pakbaz, designer of the LEGO Mars Rover Kit, and Ray Sanders from CosmoQuest, who…
Rosetta Wakes Up, Phones Home, Starts Tweeting
The silence from the live video feed from the ESA’s space operations center in Darmstadt, Germany was almost deafening. Scientists…
Watch Live: ESA Waits for Signal from Comet-Chasing Spacecraft
Watch live streaming video from eurospaceagency at livestream.com UPDATE: Rosetta woke up! Read our full story about the acquisition of…
Wake Up, Rosetta!
It's being called "the most important alarm clock in the Solar System" -- this Monday, January 20, at 10:00 GMT…
Weekly Space Hangout – January 17, 2014: Astronomers Without Borders, & Jelly Donuts
Host: Fraser Cain Guests: Mike Simmons from Astronomers without Borders, Nicole Gugliucci, Jason Major, Casey Dreier, Brian Koberlein, Nancy Atkinson,…
Weekly Space Hangout – January 10, 2014: Wake Up, Rosetta! & Top Stories from AAS
Host: Fraser Cain Guests: David Dickinson, Amy Shira Teitel, Scott Lewis, Brian Koberlein, special guest Ruth McAvinia from the ESA…
Can You Help Wake Up a Spacecraft?
On January 20, 2014 it will be time for the snoozing Rosetta spacecraft to awaken from 31 months of hibernation.…