Ernest
11th November 2014, 04:41
In about a days time Philae, the landing module of the spacecraft Rosetta, will hopefully have successfuly landed on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko after which some interesting experiments will be conducted.
You can read more about the mission at rosetta.jpl.nasa.gov (http://rosetta.jpl.nasa.gov/).
You can read about upcoming live coverage at rosetta.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-television-provide-coverage-european-mission-comet-landing (http://rosetta.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-television-provide-coverage-european-mission-comet-landing).
A couple of images:
Comet (http://rosetta.jpl.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/gallery_image/Comet_on_4_November_NavCam.jpg)
Rosetta selfie (http://rosetta.jpl.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/gallery_image/rosetta-selfie_0.png)
You can read more about the mission at rosetta.jpl.nasa.gov (http://rosetta.jpl.nasa.gov/).
You can read about upcoming live coverage at rosetta.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-television-provide-coverage-european-mission-comet-landing (http://rosetta.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-television-provide-coverage-european-mission-comet-landing).
A couple of images:
Comet (http://rosetta.jpl.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/gallery_image/Comet_on_4_November_NavCam.jpg)
Rosetta selfie (http://rosetta.jpl.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/gallery_image/rosetta-selfie_0.png)