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On Wednesday November 12th, around 17:00 CET, the Rosetta lander, Philae, is scheduled to land on the surface of the 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko comet. You can read more about this exciting event here: earthsky.org/space/dramatic-landing-attempt-on-a-comet-coming-wednesday In preparations for the Philae landing, you can also watch this trailer made for ESA by Poland-based Platige Image studio, with the Oscar-nominated director Tomek Baginski. https://youtube/watch?v=H08tGjXNHO4 At SSBV, we will keep our fingers crossed for the successful landing! As you know, SSBV was involved in the verification of elements of the spacecraft and its instruments before launch and cooperated closely with the international science teams who used the ‘Rosetta simulator’ developed and provided by SSBV to develop and test the instrument interfaces and data exchange with the satellite platform.
Posted on: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 15:37:18 +0000

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