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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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Rosetta: The End of a Space Odyssey
After dispatching the final data to Earth, Rosetta's signal will simply vanish from ground control screens .
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Rosetta: The End Of A Space Odyssey
Europe's trailblazing deep-space comet exploration for clues to the origins of the Solar System ends Friday with the Rosetta orbiter joining robot lab Philae on the iceball's dusty surface for eternity.
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Europe's Rosetta to Wave Goodbye in Crash-Landing on Comet
In the final hours of its controlled descent on September 30, Rosetta will be able to take close-up pictures of the comet.
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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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'Time To Say Goodbye' Says Philae As Silent Comet Probe Is Shut Down
Ground controllers bid a final farewell today to robot lab Philae, cutting communications after a year-long silence with the tiny probe hurtling through space on the surface of a comet.
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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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Scientists Bid Comet Lander Philae Farewell After Radio Silence
The German Aerospace Center (DLR) said on Friday it suspects Philae is now covered in dust and too cold to operate.
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'Time To Say Goodbye' To Comet Probe Philae: Space Agency
Ground controllers said today they would stop sending commands to comet probe Philae, announcing it was "time to say goodbye" to the tiny lab resting after a captivating science mission.
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Philae Comet Probe: World Prepares for Final Farewell
"When finally we 'kill' Philae, it will be like 'who killed Bambi'," ESA senior science adviser Mark McCaughrean said.
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Time Running Out for Comet Probe Philae
A last-chance manoeuvre was attempted Sunday to shift the tiny lander into a sunnier angle for its battery-replenishing solar panels.
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One Year After Comet Touchdown, What's Next for Philae?
A year ago on Thursday, the world held its collective breath as a European spacecraft dropped a tiny robot lab onto the surface of a comet hurtling towards the Sun.
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Impact Produced Comet's Rubber Duck Shape: Study
An international team says it has solved the riddle, saying "comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is (made) of two distinct objects."
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Rosetta Hits 'Milestone' in Comet's Run Past Sun
The samples and images Rosetta took as it came within 186 million kilometres of the Sun will be analysed in the coming weeks and months.
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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.
-
Rosetta: The End of a Space Odyssey
After dispatching the final data to Earth, Rosetta's signal will simply vanish from ground control screens .
-
Rosetta: The End Of A Space Odyssey
Europe's trailblazing deep-space comet exploration for clues to the origins of the Solar System ends Friday with the Rosetta orbiter joining robot lab Philae on the iceball's dusty surface for eternity.
-
Europe's Rosetta to Wave Goodbye in Crash-Landing on Comet
In the final hours of its controlled descent on September 30, Rosetta will be able to take close-up pictures of the comet.
-
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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'Time To Say Goodbye' Says Philae As Silent Comet Probe Is Shut Down
Ground controllers bid a final farewell today to robot lab Philae, cutting communications after a year-long silence with the tiny probe hurtling through space on the surface of a comet.
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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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Scientists Bid Comet Lander Philae Farewell After Radio Silence
The German Aerospace Center (DLR) said on Friday it suspects Philae is now covered in dust and too cold to operate.
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'Time To Say Goodbye' To Comet Probe Philae: Space Agency
Ground controllers said today they would stop sending commands to comet probe Philae, announcing it was "time to say goodbye" to the tiny lab resting after a captivating science mission.
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Philae Comet Probe: World Prepares for Final Farewell
"When finally we 'kill' Philae, it will be like 'who killed Bambi'," ESA senior science adviser Mark McCaughrean said.
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Time Running Out for Comet Probe Philae
A last-chance manoeuvre was attempted Sunday to shift the tiny lander into a sunnier angle for its battery-replenishing solar panels.
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One Year After Comet Touchdown, What's Next for Philae?
A year ago on Thursday, the world held its collective breath as a European spacecraft dropped a tiny robot lab onto the surface of a comet hurtling towards the Sun.
-
Impact Produced Comet's Rubber Duck Shape: Study
An international team says it has solved the riddle, saying "comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is (made) of two distinct objects."
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Rosetta Hits 'Milestone' in Comet's Run Past Sun
The samples and images Rosetta took as it came within 186 million kilometres of the Sun will be analysed in the coming weeks and months.
