Updates Rosetta Mission News

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ESA: Philae found:

5 September 2016

Less than a month before the end of the mission, Rosetta’s high-resolution camera has revealed the Philae lander wedged into a dark crack on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.

The images were taken on 2 September by the OSIRIS narrow-angle camera as the orbiter came within 2.7 km of the surface and clearly show the main body of the lander, along with two of its three legs.

The images also provide proof of Philae’s orientation, making it clear why establishing communications was so difficult following its landing on 12 November 2014.

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[Urwumpe]

Damn, I was :ninja: by orb...

 

[Ravenous]

...but everyone knows it was on Mars last week:

http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2016/09/Rover_and_toy_Rosetta_in_Mars_Yard

(OK that particular one was Rosetta not Philae. I wonder if the soft toys are available to the public, by the way...)

 

[Urwumpe]

(OK that particular one was Rosetta not Philae. I wonder if the soft toys are available to the public, by the way...)

I am sure they are. I also have some T-Shirts with Rosetta and Philae here.

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See here:

http://www.rosettashop.eu/

 

[Ravenous]

29.95 € from http://www.rosettashop.eu/

Now I know I've seen everything!

Edit: Urwumpe beat me to it. Quick on the draw

 

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[ame="https://twitter.com/HiRISE/status/772921699478089728"]HiRISE (NASA) on Twitter: "We couldn't resist. https://t.co/hHgATTaEJD"[/ame]
:lol::rofl:

 

[boogabooga]

Just in time to be too late.

 

[Notebook]

http://sci.esa.int/rosetta/58233-rosetta-catches-dusty-organics/

07 September 2016
Rosetta's dust-analysing COSIMA (COmetary Secondary Ion Mass Analyser) instrument has made the first unambiguous detection of solid organic matter in the dust particles ejected by Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, in the form of complex carbon-bearing molecules.

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[Notebook]

http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/S...setta_s_descent_towards_region_of_active_pits

9 September 2016
Squeezing out unique scientific observations until the very end, Rosetta’s thrilling mission will culminate with a descent on 30 September towards a region of active pits on the comet’s ‘head’.
The region, known as Ma’at, lies on the smaller of the two lobes of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. It is home to several active pits more than 100 m in diameter and 50–60 m in depth – where a number of the comet’s dust jets originate.

 

[Andy44]

So what is the long-term prognosis for this comet? Will it eventually fall into the sun?

 

[Thunder Chicken]

HiRISE (NASA) on Twitter: "We couldn't resist. https://t.co/hHgATTaEJD"
:lol::rofl:

 

[kuddel]

So what is the long-term prognosis for this comet? Will it eventually fall into the sun?

Ultimately, maybe But with a perihelion of 1.2432 AU this won't happen too soon.
Another "close" encounter with Jupiter in the next few orbits might change that though (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko#Orbit_and_rotation)

 

[Ripley]

 

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[IronRain]

IMO, this mission had some really awesome PR.
Sleep well Rosetta!

 

[Notebook]

Bit of a thin connection, but couldn't think of anywhere else to put it.

http://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Videos/2016/09/Ambition_Epilogue

Had no idea ESA had gone all Hollywood.

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[Notebook]

http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2016/09/20_hours_to_go

Not long now!

 

[GLS]

[ame="https://twitter.com/ESA_Rosetta/status/781684564821434368"]ESA Rosetta Mission on Twitter: "From the first part of my #CometLanding descent, taken at 01:20UT from a distance of ~16km with my OSIRIS NAC https://t.co/BmDKgQaoCn https://t.co/mxOAZSxs9M"[/ame]

 

[IronRain]

It's time

[ame="https://twitter.com/esaoperations/status/781754448246865920"]ESA Operations on Twitter: "The @ESA_Rosetta flight control team get settled in #MCR #ESOC #CometLanding https://t.co/aviHDDiknh"[/ame]

 

[GLS]

[ame="https://twitter.com/ESA_Rosetta/status/781787077453152256"]https://twitter.com/ESA_Rosetta/status/781787077453152256[/ame]

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