{"id":8489,"date":"2014-08-06T08:46:09","date_gmt":"2014-08-06T12:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8489"},"modified":"2014-08-06T08:51:12","modified_gmt":"2014-08-06T12:51:12","slug":"rosetta-spacecraft-arrives-at-comet-67pc-g","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8489","title":{"rendered":"Rosetta spacecraft arrives at Comet 67P\/C-G"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The European Space Agency&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/Our_Activities\/Space_Science\/Rosetta\" target=\"_blank\">Rosetta<\/a> spacecraft after ten years has finally made its\u00a0rendezvous this morning with\u00a0Comet 67P\/Churyumov\u2013Gerasimenko. Below is the official announcement. (Note that unlike NASA, ESA has a policy of not releasing images in real time for its science missions. This is apparently to insure analysis of them by its researchers is\u00a0not scooped by scientists elsewhere. So some of the images released this morning\u00a0are not necessarily\u00a0the latest from the spacecraft.)<\/p>\n<p>Latest updates and imagery\u00a0:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/esascience\" target=\"_d\">ESA Science (esascience) on Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.esa.int\/rosetta\/\" target=\"_d\">Rosetta &#8211; ESA&#8217;s comet chaser &#8211; Blog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.livestream.com\/eurospaceagency\" target=\"_d\">European Space Agency &#8211; live streaming video powered by Livestream<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/Our_Activities\/Space_Science\/Rosetta\/Rosetta_arrives_at_comet_destination\" target=\"_d\">Rosetta arrives at comet destination<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>6 August 2014<\/strong>\u00a0After a decade-long journey chasing its target, ESA\u2019s Rosetta has today become the first spacecraft to rendezvous with a comet, opening a new chapter in Solar System exploration.<\/p>\n<p>Comet 67P\/Churyumov\u2013Gerasimenko and Rosetta now lie 405\u00a0million kilometres from Earth, about half way between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars, rushing towards the inner Solar System at nearly 55\u00a0000 kilometres per hour.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/spaceinimages\/Images\/2014\/08\/Comet_on_3_August_2014\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8490\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=8490\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Comet_on_3_August_2014_node_full_image_2.png\" data-orig-size=\"700,525\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Comet_on_3_August_2014_node_full_image_2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Comet_on_3_August_2014_node_full_image_2.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8490\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Comet_on_3_August_2014_node_full_image_2.png\" alt=\"Comet_on_3_August_2014_node_full_image_2\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Comet_on_3_August_2014_node_full_image_2.png 700w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Comet_on_3_August_2014_node_full_image_2-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><em>Comet\u00a0\u00a067P\/Churyumov\u2013Gerasimenko as it appeared on August 3.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The comet is in an elliptical 6.5-year orbit that takes it from beyond Jupiter at its furthest point, to between the orbits of Mars and Earth at its closest to the Sun. Rosetta will accompany it for over a year as they swing around the Sun and back out towards Jupiter again.<\/p>\n<p>Comets are considered to be primitive building blocks of the Solar System and may have helped to \u2018seed\u2019 Earth with water, perhaps even the ingredients for life. But many fundamental questions about these enigmatic objects remain, and through a comprehensive,in situstudy of the comet, Rosetta aims to unlock the secrets within.<\/p>\n<p>The journey to the comet was not straightforward, however. Since its launch in 2004, Rosetta had to make three gravity-assist flybys of Earth and one of Mars to help it on course to its rendezvous with the comet. This complex course also allowed Rosetta to pass by asteroids \u0160teins and Lutetia, obtaining unprecedented views and scientific data on these two objects.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/spaceinimages\/Images\/2014\/08\/NavCam_animation_6_August\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8491\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=8491\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/NavCam_animation_6_August_node_full_image_2.gif\" data-orig-size=\"1024,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"NavCam_animation_6_August_node_full_image_2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/NavCam_animation_6_August_node_full_image_2.gif\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8491 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/NavCam_animation_6_August_node_full_image_2-300x300.gif\" alt=\"NavCam_animation_6_August_node_full_image_2\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/NavCam_animation_6_August_node_full_image_2-300x300.gif 300w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/NavCam_animation_6_August_node_full_image_2-150x150.gif 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><em>Sequence of images as Rosetta approached the comet.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter ten years, five months and four days travelling towards our destination, looping around the Sun five times and clocking up 6.4 billion kilometres, we are delighted to announce finally \u2018we are here\u2019,\u201d says Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA\u2019s Director General.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEurope\u2019s Rosetta is now the first spacecraft in history to rendezvous with a comet, a major highlight in exploring our origins. Discoveries can start.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Today saw the last of a series of ten rendezvous manoeuvres that began in May to adjust Rosetta\u2019s speed and trajectory gradually to match those of the comet. If any of these manoeuvres had failed, the mission would have been lost, and the spacecraft would simply have flown by the comet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s achievement is a result of a huge international endeavour spanning several decades,\u201d says Alvaro Gim\u00e9nez, ESA\u2019s Director of Science and Robotic Exploration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have come an extraordinarily long way since the mission concept was first discussed in the late 1970s and approved in 1993, and now we are ready to open a treasure chest of scientific discovery that is destined to rewrite the textbooks on comets for even more decades to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Comet_activity_on_2_August_2014_node_full_image_2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8492\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=8492\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Comet_activity_on_2_August_2014_node_full_image_2.png\" data-orig-size=\"699,700\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Comet_activity_on_2_August_2014_node_full_image_2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Comet_activity_on_2_August_2014_node_full_image_2.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8492\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Comet_activity_on_2_August_2014_node_full_image_2-300x300.png\" alt=\"Comet_activity_on_2_August_2014_node_full_image_2\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Comet_activity_on_2_August_2014_node_full_image_2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Comet_activity_on_2_August_2014_node_full_image_2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Comet_activity_on_2_August_2014_node_full_image_2.png 699w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #031e31;\">Comet 67P\/Churyumov-Gerasimenko activity on 2 August 2014. The image<br \/>\nwas taken by Rosetta\u2019s OSIRIS wide-angle camera from a distance of 550 km.<br \/>\nThe exposure time of the image was 330 seconds and the comet nucleus is<br \/>\nsaturated to bring out the detail of the comet activity. Note there is a<br \/>\nghost image to the right. The image resolution is 55 metres per pixel.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The comet began to reveal its personality while Rosetta was on its approach. Images taken by the OSIRIS camera between late April and early June showed that its activity was variable. The comet\u2019s \u2018coma\u2019 \u2013 an extended envelope of gas and dust \u2013 became rapidly brighter and then died down again over the course of those six weeks.<\/p>\n<p>In the same period, first measurements from the Microwave Instrument for the Rosetta Orbiter, MIRO, suggested that the comet was emitting water vapour into space at about 300 millilitres per second.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Visible and Infrared Thermal Imaging Spectrometer, VIRTIS, measured the comet\u2019s average temperature to be about \u201370\u00baC, indicating that the surface is predominantly dark and dusty rather than clean and icy.<\/p>\n<p>Then, stunning images taken from a distance of about 12\u00a0000\u00a0km began to reveal that the nucleus comprises two distinct segments joined by a \u2018neck\u2019, giving it a duck-like appearance. Subsequent images showed more and more detail \u2013 the most recent, highest-resolution image was downloaded from the spacecraft earlier today and will be available this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur first clear views of the comet have given us plenty to think about,\u201d says Matt Taylor, ESA\u2019s Rosetta project scientist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs this double-lobed structure built from two separate comets that came together in the Solar System\u2019s history, or is it one comet that has eroded dramatically and asymmetrically over time? Rosetta, by design, is in the best place to study one of these unique objects.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/esascience\/status\/496997807530967040\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8493\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=8493\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/BuWw3zYIAAAZR2I.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"BuWw3zYIAAAZR2I\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/BuWw3zYIAAAZR2I.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8493\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/BuWw3zYIAAAZR2I.jpg\" alt=\"BuWw3zYIAAAZR2I\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/BuWw3zYIAAAZR2I.jpg 800w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/BuWw3zYIAAAZR2I-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/esascience\/status\/496997807530967040\/photo\/1\" target=\"_d\">Twitter \/ esascience:<\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #292f33;\">LATEST! Stunning close up from <\/span><a class=\"twitter-atreply pretty-link\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #822434;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESA_Rosetta\"><span style=\"color: #b47b85;\">@<\/span>ESA_Rosetta<\/a><span style=\"color: #292f33;\"><br \/>\nof comet <\/span><a class=\"twitter-hashtag pretty-link js-nav\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #822434;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/67P?src=hash\" data-query-source=\"hashtag_click\"><span style=\"color: #b47b85;\">#<\/span>67P<\/a><span style=\"color: #292f33;\"> shows boulders, craters &amp; cliffs <\/span><a class=\"twitter-timeline-link\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #822434;\" title=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/A116s\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/nzLmKyZ3d8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-expanded-url=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/A116s\"><span class=\"invisible\">http:\/\/<\/span><span class=\"js-display-url\">ow.ly\/A116s<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Today, Rosetta is just 100 km from the comet\u2019s surface, but it will edge closer still. Over the next six weeks, it will describe two triangular-shaped trajectories in front of the comet, first at a distance of 100\u00a0km and then at 50\u00a0km.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, more of the suite of instruments will provide a detailed scientific study of the comet, scrutinising the surface for a target site for the Philae lander.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, Rosetta will attempt a close, near-circular orbit at 30\u00a0km and, depending on the activity of the comet, perhaps come even closer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArriving at the comet is really only just the beginning of an even bigger adventure, with greater challenges still to come as we learn how to operate in this unchartered environment, start to orbit and, eventually, land,\u201d says Sylvain Lodiot, ESA\u2019s Rosetta spacecraft operations manager.<\/p>\n<p>As many as five possible landing sites will be identified by late August, before the primary site is identified in mid-September. The final timeline for the sequence of events for deploying Philae \u2013 currently expected for 11\u00a0November \u2013 will be confirmed by the middle of October.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the next few months, in addition to characterising the comet nucleus and setting the bar for the rest of the mission, we will begin final preparations for another space history first: landing on a comet,\u201d says Matt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter landing, Rosetta will continue to accompany the comet until its closest approach to the Sun in August 2015 and beyond, watching its behaviour from close quarters to give us a unique insight and realtime experience of how a comet works as it hurtles around the Sun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p>Rosetta will release a separate spacecraft called Philae to land on the comet:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YoqokoZkviM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>From the caption;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Extended version of Philae touchdown animation to include visualisations of some of the science experiments on the lander.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The animation begins with the deployment of Philae from Rosetta at comet 67P\/Churyumov\u2013Gerasimenko in November 2014. Rosetta will come to within about 10 km of the nucleus to deploy Philae, which will take several hours to reach the surface. Because of the comet\u2019s extremely low gravity, landing gear will absorb the small forces of landing while ice screws in the probe\u2019s feet and a harpoon system will lock the probe to the surface. At the same time a thruster on top of the lander will push it down to counteract the impulse of the harpoon imparted in the opposite direction. Once it is anchored to the comet, the lander will begin its primary science mission, based on its 64-hour initial battery lifetime. The animation then shows five of Philae\u2019s 10 instruments in action: CIVA, ROLIS, SD2, MUPUS and APXS.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Rosetta\u2019s Philae lander is provided by a consortium led by DLR, MPS, CNES and ASI.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an animation showing the release and landing:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BzfJlXHiagw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Space Agency&#8217;s Rosetta spacecraft after ten years has finally made its\u00a0rendezvous this morning with\u00a0Comet 67P\/Churyumov\u2013Gerasimenko. Below is the official announcement. (Note that unlike NASA, ESA has a policy of not releasing images in real time for its science missions. This is apparently to insure analysis of them by its researchers is\u00a0not scooped by &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8489\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rosetta spacecraft arrives at Comet 67P\/C-G<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,13,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asteroids","category-space-science","category-space-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2cV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8480,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8480","url_meta":{"origin":8489,"position":0},"title":"Rosetta nears comet rendezvous","author":"TopSpacer","date":"August 5, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The European Space Agency's\u00a0Rosetta\u00a0spacecraft will rendezvous with \u00a0Comet 67P\/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on Wednesday. \u00a0Find lots of info, images, videos, etc of the approach and rendezvous at the webstie\u00a0Rosetta | rendevous with a comet. A livestream webcast will start on Wednesday at 08:00UTC (4:00 am EDT). \u00a0Here's the\u00a0Rosetta timeline\u00a0for events in this initial\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Asteroids &amp; Comets&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Asteroids &amp; Comets","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=75"},"img":{"alt_text":"Crop from the 3 August image of comet 67P\/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Credits: ESA\/Rosetta\/NAVCAM","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.esa.int\/rosetta\/files\/2014\/08\/ESA_ROSETTA_NAVCAM_20140803_cropped_scaledx2.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":13270,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13270","url_meta":{"origin":8489,"position":1},"title":"ESA Rosetta mission ends with spacecraft impacting the surface of Comet 67P\/C-G","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 30, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The European Space Agency (ESA) ended the\u00a0Rosetta\u00a0mission to Comet 67P\/Churyumov\u2013Gerasimenko today by maneuvering the spacecraft onto (or, more likely, into) the surface of the comet:\u00a0Mission complete: Rosetta\u2019s journey ends in daring descent to comet -\u00a0ESA ESA\u2019s historic Rosetta mission has concluded as planned, with the controlled impact onto the comet\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Asteroids &amp; Comets&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Asteroids &amp; Comets","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=75"},"img":{"alt_text":"comet_landing_site_node_full_image_21","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Comet_landing_site_node_full_image_21.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":8742,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8742","url_meta":{"origin":8489,"position":2},"title":"Rosetta images comet 67 P\/C-G emissions; Landing sites under study","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 5, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The European Space Agency's\u00a0Rosetta\u00a0spacecraft circling Comet 67P\/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is sending lots of great pictures of the odd duck-shaped object:\u00a0CometWatch \u2013 2 September - Rosetta Blog In the\u00a0two lower images shown below, you can see the faint traces of dust and water vapor emissions, signs that the comets tail is starting to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Asteroids &amp; Comets&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Asteroids &amp; Comets","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=75"},"img":{"alt_text":"ESA_Rosetta_NAVCAM_20140902_montage-1024x1024[1]","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ESA_Rosetta_NAVCAM_20140902_montage-1024x10241.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9177,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9177","url_meta":{"origin":8489,"position":3},"title":"Rosetta prepares for deployment of lander on Nov. 12th","author":"TopSpacer","date":"November 5, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft now orbiting\u00a0the Comet 67P\/Churyumov\u2013Gerasimenko will release\u00a0\u00a0its Philae lander\u00a0to touch down on the comet on November 12th at 08:35 UTC (09:35 CET, 03:35 EST) . 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