Rosetta will release its Philae lander when approximately 22 kilometres from the centre of the comet.…
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Rosetta: studying comets
Taller than Japan’s Mount Fuji, comet 67P is being studied in detail by the orbiter. The…
Inside Hydra’s belly
Technology image of the week: A peek inside ESA's most powerful satellite shaker, back during its…
Installing Hydra
The Hydra – short for Hydraulic Multi-axis Shaker – at ESA’s technology centre simulates the extreme…
Installing Hydra
The Hydra – short for Hydraulic Multi-axis Shaker – at ESA’s technology centre simulates the extreme…
Installing Hydra
The Hydra – short for Hydraulic Multi-axis Shaker – at ESA’s technology centre simulates the extreme…
Comet detail – 30 October 2014 (a)
An image of a portion of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko obtained on 30 October, 2014 by Rosetta's OSIRIS…
Comet detail – 30 October 2014 (b)
A deliberately saturated version of this image to bring out details in a shadowed region of…
The ‘dark side’ of the comet
A rare glimpse at the dark side of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Light backscattered from dust particles in…
Comet detail – 30 October 2014 (a)
An image of a portion of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko obtained on 30 October, 2014 by Rosetta's OSIRIS…