Sunday 9 November 2014

Rosetta Races Toward Comet Touchdown

IRON AND ICE
Rosetta Races Toward Comet Touchdown
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 09, 2014 - After sailing through space for more than 10 years, the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft is now less than a week shy of landing a robotic probe on a comet. The mission's Philae (fee-LAY) lander is scheduled to touch down on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on Wednesday, Nov. 12 at 7:35 a.m PST/10:35 a.m. EST. A signal confirming the landing is expected about 8:02 a.m. PST/11:02 a. ... more


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