Wednesday, 11 June 2014

NASA Instruments on Rosetta Start Comet Science

IRON AND ICE
NASA Instruments on Rosetta Start Comet Science
Paris (ESA) Jun 11, 2014 - Three NASA science instruments aboard the European Space Agency's (ESA) Rosetta spacecraft, which is set to become the first to orbit a comet and land a probe on its nucleus, are beginning observations and sending science data back to Earth. Launched in March 2004, Rosetta was reactivated in January 2014 after a record 957 days in hibernation. Composed of an orbiter and lander, Rosetta's o ... more


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