Philae descending to the comet – wide-angle view

This OSIRIS wide-angle camera image shows the position of Rosetta’s lander Philae (circled) at 14:19:22 GMT…

Lander departure

This image from Rosetta’s OSIRIS narrow-angle camera shows the Philae lander at 10:23 GMT (onboard spacecraft…

Welcome to a comet

Rosetta’s lander Philae is safely on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, as these first two CIVA…

Blue Dot mission summary

ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst spent 166 days in space with NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman and Roscosmos…

Receipt of signal from comet surface

Receipt of signal from comet surface just after Philae landed on 12 November 2014.

ROLIS descent image

The image shows comet 67P/CG acquired by the ROLIS instrument on the Philae lander during descent…

Farewell Philae – wide-angle view

Rosetta’s OSIRIS wide-angle camera captured this parting shot of the Philae lander after separation.  The lander…

Farewell Philae – narrow-angle view

Rosetta’s OSIRIS narrow-angle camera captured this parting shot of the Philae lander after separation.  The lander…

Farewell Philae – narrow-angle view

Rosetta’s OSIRIS narrow-angle camera captured this parting shot of the Philae lander after separation.  The lander…

Sentinel-2A: testing properties

Since August, the Sentinel-2A satellite has been at IABG’s testing facilities near Munich in Germany where…