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Rosetta mission: Comet landing gets green light
Posted in Science on 15th Oct, 2014
by Alex Muller
The descent to the 4km-wide comet is expected to take about seven hours. Success or failure will be known roughly 30 minutes after that.
Rosetta probe set to catch comet after ten year chase
Posted in Science on 6th Aug, 2014
by Alex Muller
After a journey that has lasted a decade, Europe's Rosetta spacecraft is now on its final approach to a comet.
Comet lander checks in with Earth
Posted in Science on 30th Mar, 2014
by Alex Muller
The Philae lander, which Europe hopes to put on the surface of a comet later this year, has been re-activated after three years in deep-space hibernation.
Rosetta: Alarm to sound for comet mission
Posted in Science on 19th Jan, 2014
by Alex Muller
Europe's Rosetta probe was launched a decade ago on a long quest to chase down and land on a comet, and has spent the past years in hibernation to try to conserve power.