ESA

Separation of Philae has been confirmed. Philae is underway to comet comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko and I will be underway to the ESA Rosetta press event in Noordwijk @Spaceexpo. There is a direct link with the ESOC headquarters in Darmstad so that’s going to be a lot of fun! It looks like Philae has a minor problem […]

Live webcast 24 hours webcast Watch the whole event live! Come and watch this live event of the first attempt to soft land on a comet. Start: 11 november 20.00 CET (19:00 UT) Opening landing window: 12 november 16:35 CET (15:35 UT) Expected landing confirmation around 12 november 17:00 CET (16:30 UT) Expected program end

This NASA video puts some perspective on the difficulty of the Rosetta mission. Since the space age began Space agencies has succeeded to land on only six bodies. Venus Mars, the Moon, Titan and Astroids 433 Eros ad Itokawa. If all goes well Rosetta and her lander Philae will add a seventh member to the

Rosetta and Philae are preparing for the big day. On 12 november Philae will decent to the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. Watch how they prepare to land Philae on the landing spot that is now named Agilkia

These animations are brilliant, fun to watch and give a good explanation about the Rosetta Philae mission. Once upon a time   Waking up…

Rosetta’s lander Philae is due make a soft landing on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko on 12 November. Rosetta, Philae and the comet all have a name’s, but the planned landing spot is just name landing place “J”. As a lot of people remember Amstrong’s words “Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed”, naming a historic landing