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Rosetta Discovery of Surprise Molecular Breakup Mechanism in Comet Coma Alters Perceptions
A NASA science instrument flying aboard the European Space Agency's (ESA) Rosetta spacecraft has made a very surprising discovery -…
Our Beautiful Earth – Happy New Year Photos and Greetings from the ISS Crew
Spectacular View of the Alps From Space! Expedition 42 Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency (ESA) took…
Glorious Global 3-D Mars from ISRO’s MOM and ESA’s Rosetta
Here’s another breathtakingly glorious view from India’s Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) - her first global 3-D portrait of her new…
5 Landing Site Candidates Selected for Rosetta’s Historic Philae Comet Lander
Five candidate sites were identified on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko for Rosetta’s Philae lander. The approximate locations of the five regions are…
James Webb Space Telescope’s Pathfinder Mirror Backplane Arrives at NASA Goddard for Critical Assembly Testing
The central piece of the “pathfinder” backplane that will hold all the mirrors for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)…
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Coma Dust Collection Science starts for Rosetta at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
With the historic arrival of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosetta spacecraft at destination Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko flawlessly accomplished on August…
What’s Ahead for Rosetta – ‘Finding a Landing Strip’ on Bizarre Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Where would you land here? Newly released NAVCAM image taken by Rosetta on 5 August 2014 from a distance of…
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Rosetta Arrives at ‘Scientific Disneyland’ for Ambitious Study of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko after 10 Year Voyage
The image of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was taken by Rosetta’s OSIRIS narrow-angle camera on 3 August 2014 from a distance of…
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Rosetta on Final Approach to Historic Comet Rendezvous – Watch Live Here
ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft on final approach to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in early August 2014. This collage of navcam imagery from Rosetta…
Rosetta Probe Swoops Closer to Comet Destination than ISS is to Earth and Reveals Exquisite Views
Europe’s Rosetta comet hunter achieved another milestone today, Aug 4, swooping in closer to its long sought destination than the…