The Rosetta orbiter ended its mission in September 2016, but science fans continue to unearth and reprocess some of its …
The European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission to the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was one for the ages, providing an…
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Space is great, and it is very fun to have an agency that funds research missions to explore things far from our little…
On September 30th, 2015, the Rosetta spacecraft slowly drifted to the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko,…
Japan’s Proximate Object Close Flyby with Optical Navigation (PROCYON) has been lost in space ever since its ion…
With the historic Rosetta mission now over, the ESA has compiled a four-minute simulation showing the spacecraft’s…
After two years of science, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission ended today in a gentle crash-landing. But if…
The historic Rosetta mission has finally come to an end. Over the past two years, the probe’s many instruments have…
At 6:39 am EDT today, a spacecraft weighing over 2,000 kilograms (4,400 pounds) with a wingspan half that of a Boeing…
After a twelve year journey in space, the Rosetta spacecraft has less than 24 hours of life left before it crashes…
The Rosetta spacecraft has spent three years peering at Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko from orbit—but this week, its…
Last summer, something strange happened on Rosetta’s comet. After a period of calm, the comet began erupting, throwing…
In just seven days, the Rosetta spacecraft will smash into Comet 67P. A new visualization shows how it’ll go down.
In two weeks, the European Space Agency will crash-land its prized Rosetta spacecraft, marking a dramatic end to the…
With only a few days left before it’s scheduled to crash-land on the surface of Comet 67P, the Rosetta spacecraft is…
In the shadow of a cliff on an icy rock 700 million kilometers from Earth, a washing machine-sized robot by the name of…
February 19th, 2016 was going to be just another day on Comet 67P—until suddenly, the icy space rock lit up in a blaze…
Seventy-one days from now, the Rosetta spacecraft will end its historic mission by crashing onto the surface of its…
Set yourself a reminder for September 30—that’s when the Rosetta spacecraft will make a controlled descent and crash on…
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