Updates Rosetta Mission News

[kuddel]

"shaded part"...nice paraphrase...
Unless you really meant the shaded part

 

[Urwumpe]

"shaded part"...nice paraphrase...
Unless you really meant the shaded part

At least its a bit hard to describe something that seems to be permashaded.

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The blog article to the ground-breaking event, BTW:

http://blogs.esa.int/rosetta/2015/04/20/osiris-catches-activity-in-the-act/

 

[Cosmic Penguin]

I haven't focus on this mission since a few months ago, but this is the best time to do so..........

....because Philae has woke up! OMG it did it!

 

[Notebook]

BBC report:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-33126885

N.

 

[MaverickSawyer]

:blink: :bananadance:
The Almighty Probe has answered our prayers!

 

[Notebook]

Strange coincidence, there is a Sky at Night special on BBC 4 at 20:00 BST tonight on the Rosetta mission:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05ztytt

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02tq22d

Also a Horizon prog on Mars before it.

N

 

[RisingFury]

7 months in deep freeze and it's still alive. That's one tough lil lander.

 

[N_Molson]

Yep, real deep-space-grade stuff ! :thumbup:

 

[Notebook]

http://sci.esa.int/rosetta/56029-philae-wake-up-kicks-off-intense-planning/

15 June 2015
The receipt of signals from Rosetta's Philae lander on 13 June after 211 days of hibernation marked the start of intense activity. In coordination with its mission partners, ESA teams are working to juggle Rosetta's flight plan to help with renewed lander science investigations.

 

[Notebook]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-33206661

Europe's Philae comet lander has been back in touch with Earth - its first contact since Sunday night (GMT).

The communication was relayed by its mothership Rosetta, which is in orbit around the 4km-wide icy dirt-ball known as 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

The signal was picked up by the US space agency's huge Goldstone antenna in California and then passed to the European Space Agency in Germany.

 

[Notebook]

http://sci.esa.int/rosetta/56082-exposed-water-ice-detected-on-comets-surface/

Exposed water ice detected on comet's surface

24 June 2015

 

[Notebook]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-33354872

The comet being studied by Europe’s Rosetta probe is riddled with pits that formed much like sinkholes here on Earth, say scientists.

They think material under the surface of the icy dirt-ball vaporises in places, resulting in voids that will then no longer support the crust above.

Ceiling collapse produces cylindrical holes that can be more than 100m deep.

Mission researchers say the pits give a view of the inside of 67P.

 

[Quick_Nick]

Apparently the latest silly "science" news headline is "Comet That Spacecraft Landed on Could Have Alien Life, Scientists Say".
An article with a bit of debunking: http://www.popularmechanics.com/space/deep-space/news/a16313/philae-comet-life-doubts/

At least the comet is getting publicity, I guess?

 

[RGClark]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-33354872

COMET SINKHOLES GENERATE JETS
1 July 2015

A number of the dust jets emerging from Rosetta’s comet can be traced back to active pits that were likely formed by a sudden collapse of the surface. These ‘sinkholes’ are providing a glimpse at the chaotic and diverse interior of the comet.

http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Comet_sinkholes_generate_jets

Bob Clark

 

[Notebook]

http://blogs.esa.int/rosetta/2015/0...n-with-philae-commands-executed-successfully/

→New communication with Philae – commands executed successfully





This report is provided by the German Aerospace Center, DLR.

The Philae lander communicated with the Rosetta orbiter again between 19:45 and 20:07 CEST on 9 July 2015 and transmitted measurement data from the COmet Nucleus Sounding Experiment by Radiowave Transmission (CONSERT) instrument. Although the connection failed repeatedly after that, it remained completely stable for those 12 minutes. “This sign of life from Philae proves to us that at least one of the lander’s communication units remains operational and receives our commands,” said Koen Geurts, a member of the lander control team at DLR Cologne.

 

[Ripley]

[highlight][eventTimer]2015-08-13 00:00:00?before|after;%dd% days %hh% hours %mm% minutes %ss% seconds %c%[/eventTimer] Perihelion passage (August 13^th)[/highlight]

http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Rosetta_preparing_for_perihelion

There are some communication problems between Rosetta and Philae, though...

 

[Thunder Chicken]

Slow animation of images taken by Philae’s Rosetta Lander Imaging System, ROLIS, trace the lander’s descent to the first landing site, Agilkia, on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko on November 12, 2014.
Credits: ESA/Rosetta/Philae/ROLIS/DLR

 

[Quick_Nick]

One year ago today Rosetta arrived at 67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

Edit: Have some news

 

[Notebook]

http://sci.esa.int/rosetta/56325-comets-firework-display-ahead-of-perihelion/

11 August 2015
In the approach to perihelion over the past few weeks, Rosetta has been witnessing growing activity from Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, with one dramatic outburst event proving so powerful that it even pushed away the incoming solar wind.

N

 

[Notebook]

http://sci.esa.int/rosetta/56337-rosettas-big-day-in-the-sun/


ESAHangout: Rosetta mission's day in the Sun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaBZbc6WGLs