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Scientists Captured Incredible Photographic Proof Of A Landslide On A Comet
It was 3 a.m., and astronomer Maurizio Pajola had been up for hours looking through images taken by the Rosetta spacecraft of its dumpy, duck-shaped comet. Pajola had just started a new job studying Mars' moon Phobos at NASA's Ames Research Center. The only time he could continue this work on the Rosetta mission was the middle of the night.
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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 Crash-Lands On Comet, Ending 12-Year Space Mission
Europe's pioneering Rosetta spacecraft concluded a 12-year odyssey with a controlled crash-landing Friday onto the comet it has orbited and probed for two years to unravel the secrets of the Solar System's birth, mission controllers said.
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Rosetta Sent On Collision Course To Surface Of Comet
European scientists have sent the Rosetta spacecraft on its final, one-way journey to the surface of a comet, after a historic 12-year mission to discover the secrets of the dusty, icy bodies.
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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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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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Acclaimed Scientist Claudia Alexander Passes Away at Age 56
Claudia Alexander helped direct both Nasa's Galileo mission to Jupiter and the international Rosetta space-exploration project.
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Rosetta Comet-Chasing Mission Extended to September 2016
Launched in 2004, the mission has been applauded as a milestone in the exploration of space.
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Philae is Boldly Going Where No Man Should Go - Let's Leave Space to the Robots
"I'm awake! How long have I been asleep?" This message was tweeted on Sunday by the European Space Agency's spacecraft Philae. The probe tumbled into a dark ditch on a comet last November after problems landing on the icy surface. Deprived of sunlight, Philae's solar panels were unable to supply power, and the craft was feared lost. But Philae's re...
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Scientists Hold Breath for Comet Lander Launch
Europe's comet lander Philae has remained obstinately silent since a new bid was launched to communicate with it, mission chiefs said today, but chances for contact were improving daily.
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Comet 67P Springs Magnetic Surprise
In a new twist in a landmark exploration, Europe's comet-chasing Rosetta mission has found that its target, 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, has no magnetic field, scientists reported on today.
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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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Rosetta Mission Data Helps Scientists Understand How Comets Evolve
The study helps scientists better understand how comets form in the first place, how their surfaces evolve over time and how to potentially predict their lifespans.
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Rosetta Comet-Landing is Science's 2014 Breakthrough
The top scientific breakthrough of 2014 was the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft's rendez-vous with a comet, the US journal Science said Thursday.
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Scientists Captured Incredible Photographic Proof Of A Landslide On A Comet
It was 3 a.m., and astronomer Maurizio Pajola had been up for hours looking through images taken by the Rosetta spacecraft of its dumpy, duck-shaped comet. Pajola had just started a new job studying Mars' moon Phobos at NASA's Ames Research Center. The only time he could continue this work on the Rosetta mission was the middle of the night.
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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 Crash-Lands On Comet, Ending 12-Year Space Mission
Europe's pioneering Rosetta spacecraft concluded a 12-year odyssey with a controlled crash-landing Friday onto the comet it has orbited and probed for two years to unravel the secrets of the Solar System's birth, mission controllers said.
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Rosetta Sent On Collision Course To Surface Of Comet
European scientists have sent the Rosetta spacecraft on its final, one-way journey to the surface of a comet, after a historic 12-year mission to discover the secrets of the dusty, icy bodies.
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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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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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Acclaimed Scientist Claudia Alexander Passes Away at Age 56
Claudia Alexander helped direct both Nasa's Galileo mission to Jupiter and the international Rosetta space-exploration project.
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Rosetta Comet-Chasing Mission Extended to September 2016
Launched in 2004, the mission has been applauded as a milestone in the exploration of space.
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Philae is Boldly Going Where No Man Should Go - Let's Leave Space to the Robots
"I'm awake! How long have I been asleep?" This message was tweeted on Sunday by the European Space Agency's spacecraft Philae. The probe tumbled into a dark ditch on a comet last November after problems landing on the icy surface. Deprived of sunlight, Philae's solar panels were unable to supply power, and the craft was feared lost. But Philae's re...
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Scientists Hold Breath for Comet Lander Launch
Europe's comet lander Philae has remained obstinately silent since a new bid was launched to communicate with it, mission chiefs said today, but chances for contact were improving daily.
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Comet 67P Springs Magnetic Surprise
In a new twist in a landmark exploration, Europe's comet-chasing Rosetta mission has found that its target, 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, has no magnetic field, scientists reported on today.
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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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Rosetta Mission Data Helps Scientists Understand How Comets Evolve
The study helps scientists better understand how comets form in the first place, how their surfaces evolve over time and how to potentially predict their lifespans.
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Rosetta Comet-Landing is Science's 2014 Breakthrough
The top scientific breakthrough of 2014 was the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft's rendez-vous with a comet, the US journal Science said Thursday.
