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Don't Miss The Final Image That Rosetta Captured
A new image of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was taken by the European Space Agencys (ESA) Rosetta spacecraft shortly before ending its remarkable 12-year journey with crash-landing on the comets surface on Friday.
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Rosetta Crash-Lands on Comet, Ending 12-Year Space Mission
The craft had been programmed for a "controlled impact", at a human walking pace of about 90cm per second.
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ESA's Rosetta Spacecraft Spots Philae Comet Lander That Was Thought Lost Forever
The agency released a photo of the washing machine-sized robot lab on the comet's rough surface.
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Missing Comet Lander Philae Spotted At Last: ESA
Europe's Rosetta spacecraft has finally spotted its tiny lander Philae, thought to be lost forever, stuck in a ditch on the surface of a comet hurtling through space, ground controllers said Monday.
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Rosetta, Philae to Reunite on Comet for September 30 Mission End
"The mission is coming to an end as a result of the spacecraft's ever-increasing distance from the Sun and Earth", said a statement by the ESA.
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Rosetta Comet Orbiter Comes Back After 'Dramatic' Silence
"We lost contact with the spacecraft on Saturday evening for nearly 24 hours," mission manager Patrick Martin said on ESA's Rosetta blog.
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Rosetta Spacecraft Finds Key Building Blocks for Life in a Comet
The craft made detections of glycine, used by living organisms to make proteins, in the cloud of gas and dust surrounding Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
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Water Ice Found on Surface of Comet 67P: Study
The elusive ice was detected, using data collected by the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft, on the bottom part of the main lobe of the dumbbell-shaped comet.
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Comet Probe Philae 'Silent', Ground Control Concerned
Europe's comet-riding robot lab Philae has fallen "silent", said ground controllers today who feared it may have shifted on the rough, alien surface, out of radio range.
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Rosetta Spacecraft Finds Massive Sinkholes on Comet's Surface
The discovery is expected to help scientists piece together a better understanding of how comets formed and evolved.
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Scientists Plan Risky Move to Get Rosetta Spacecraft Nearer Comet
Scientists hope samples drilled from the comet will unlock details about how the planets - and possibly even life - evolved.
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ESA Says Philae and Rosetta Find No Magnetic Field on Comet 67P
The lack of a magnetic field on 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko could sweep away a key theory on the formation of comets and other solar system bodies.
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ESA Rules Out Philae Lander Flyby for Rosetta Spacecraft
"There is unlikely to be another opportunity for a dedicated lander search until later in the mission, possibly next year."
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ESA to Make Final Attempt to Locate Missing Philae Comet Lander
Scientists are considering sending the orbiting Rosetta spacecraft to swoop down just six kilometres over the patch where the lander is thought to be.
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ESA's Comet Landing the Top Breakthrough of 2014, Says Journal Science
"Philae's landing was an amazing feat and got the world's attention," said Tim Appenzeller, news editor of the journal Science.
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Don't Miss The Final Image That Rosetta Captured
A new image of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was taken by the European Space Agencys (ESA) Rosetta spacecraft shortly before ending its remarkable 12-year journey with crash-landing on the comets surface on Friday.
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Rosetta Crash-Lands on Comet, Ending 12-Year Space Mission
The craft had been programmed for a "controlled impact", at a human walking pace of about 90cm per second.
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ESA's Rosetta Spacecraft Spots Philae Comet Lander That Was Thought Lost Forever
The agency released a photo of the washing machine-sized robot lab on the comet's rough surface.
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Missing Comet Lander Philae Spotted At Last: ESA
Europe's Rosetta spacecraft has finally spotted its tiny lander Philae, thought to be lost forever, stuck in a ditch on the surface of a comet hurtling through space, ground controllers said Monday.
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Rosetta, Philae to Reunite on Comet for September 30 Mission End
"The mission is coming to an end as a result of the spacecraft's ever-increasing distance from the Sun and Earth", said a statement by the ESA.
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Rosetta Comet Orbiter Comes Back After 'Dramatic' Silence
"We lost contact with the spacecraft on Saturday evening for nearly 24 hours," mission manager Patrick Martin said on ESA's Rosetta blog.
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Rosetta Spacecraft Finds Key Building Blocks for Life in a Comet
The craft made detections of glycine, used by living organisms to make proteins, in the cloud of gas and dust surrounding Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
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Water Ice Found on Surface of Comet 67P: Study
The elusive ice was detected, using data collected by the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft, on the bottom part of the main lobe of the dumbbell-shaped comet.
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Comet Probe Philae 'Silent', Ground Control Concerned
Europe's comet-riding robot lab Philae has fallen "silent", said ground controllers today who feared it may have shifted on the rough, alien surface, out of radio range.
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Rosetta Spacecraft Finds Massive Sinkholes on Comet's Surface
The discovery is expected to help scientists piece together a better understanding of how comets formed and evolved.
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Scientists Plan Risky Move to Get Rosetta Spacecraft Nearer Comet
Scientists hope samples drilled from the comet will unlock details about how the planets - and possibly even life - evolved.
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ESA Says Philae and Rosetta Find No Magnetic Field on Comet 67P
The lack of a magnetic field on 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko could sweep away a key theory on the formation of comets and other solar system bodies.
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ESA Rules Out Philae Lander Flyby for Rosetta Spacecraft
"There is unlikely to be another opportunity for a dedicated lander search until later in the mission, possibly next year."
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ESA to Make Final Attempt to Locate Missing Philae Comet Lander
Scientists are considering sending the orbiting Rosetta spacecraft to swoop down just six kilometres over the patch where the lander is thought to be.
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ESA's Comet Landing the Top Breakthrough of 2014, Says Journal Science
"Philae's landing was an amazing feat and got the world's attention," said Tim Appenzeller, news editor of the journal Science.
