Getting excited for this landing! Rosetta will deploy Philae on November 12 at 12:35 AM PST. Confirmation of the landing will arrive at ground stations around 8:03 AM PST. More info: Rosetta is a spacecraft on a ten-year mission to catch the comet “67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko” (C-G) and answer some of our questions about comets. Rosetta will be the first spacecraft to soft-land a robot on a comet! Rosetta will also be the first spacecraft to accompany a comet as it enters our inner solar system, observing at close range how the comet changes as the Sun’s heat transforms it into the luminous apparition that has frightened and inspired people for centuries. Check out this interactive timeline: rosetta.jpl.nasa.gov/mission-facts/mission-timeline
Posted on: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 02:55:05 +0000
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