2014 Big Data from Space conference

Held at ESA’s ESRIN centre for Earth observation in Frascati, Italy, in November 2014, the ‘Big…

First comet panoramic

Rosetta’s lander Philae has returned the first panoramic image from the surface of a comet. The…

Comet from 40 metres

This image was taken by Philae's down-looking descent ROLIS imager when it was about 40 m…

Searching for Philae

This five-image montage of OSIRIS narrow-angle images is being used to try to identify the final…

Searching for Philae

This five-image montage of OSIRIS narrow-angle images is being used to try to identify the final…

First touchdown close-up 1

This image shows an OSIRIS narrow-angle image taken from a distance of 30 km on 14…

First touchdown

his image from Rosetta’s OSIRIS narrow-angle camera is marked to show the location of the first…

Lander departure

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

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…

Welcome to a comet

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