Rosetta

Simulation of the Dragonfly mission proposal - a rover will explore the surface of Titan, and will land after each flight to explore the surface and charge its batteries using a thermoelectric radioisotope generator (RTG). Source: NASA.

A rover to Titan's moon or collecting a sample from Rosetta's comet - which will NASA choose?

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The late Prof. Akiva Bar-Nun. Photo: Tel Aviv University

Migdal Shavitim: Prof. Akiva Bar-Nun passed away

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Comet P67. Photographed by the Rosetta probe on July 7, 2015 from a distance of 154 km. Source: ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM.

Comet 67P studied by the Rosetta spacecraft: summary of findings

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The site of Rosetta's crash landing on the comet as photographed on the spacecraft's path to it. The craters from which bubbles bubbles material that later evaporates and joins the comet's halo, allowing a glimpse of the internal composition of the comet's nucleus. Photo: European Space Agency

The historic journey has ended: the European spacecraft Rosetta landed on the comet it was studying

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The model of the Philae lander on the stage of the event hall at the control center of the European Space Agency in Darmstadt, Germany, November 12, 2014. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

Farewell to the comet lander

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Rosetta's comet in August 2015, when it was closest to the Sun, when most of the glycine was detected. Photo: European Space Agency

Rosetta's comet contains ingredients necessary for life

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Kalachao Siyum, a doctoral student at the University of Arizona, of Ethiopian origin, presents the jawbone he discovered at a site in the Afar state in Ethiopia, which dates back the first species in the human lineage to 2.8 million years. Photo: Arizona State University

Summary of the year 2015 in science

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The nucleus of comet 67P Churyumov-Garasimenko was 5 km in diameter. Photo: European Space Agency

A surprise in the findings of the Philae comet lander: complex organic materials

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The Bavi and Ethan regions on the surface of comet Churyumov-Garsimenko as imaged by the Osiris camera on the Rosetta spacecraft. Photo: European Space Agency

Rosetta photographed the valley formed on the surface of comet 67P as a result of material escaping into space

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Gas and dust from the surface of Churi as the comet approaches the perihelion and an explanation of the discovery of the nitrogen molecules. Photo: Credit: ESA/Rosetta/ROSINA

Rosetta discovered the most wanted molecule - nitrogen gas

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The New Horizons spacecraft hovers above Pluto and its large moon Charon. Artist illustration: NASA

Pluto and beyond / Michael D. Lemonique

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Sam Golkis (left) and Kalim Churiomov from the Comet Explorers at the event in honor of the landing of Philae. In the background, a model of the comet. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

The news from Rosetta - the rate of water evaporation is increasing

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The nucleus of Comet 67P Churyumov-Grasimenko as imaged by Rosetta's Navigation Camera, December 7, 2014

Summary of 2014 Part I - Man in space: the landing on the comet, the test flight of Orion and the space disasters

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The source of water in the oceans? Vapors emitted from Comet Churyumov Gersimenko in a Rosetta photograph. Photo: European Space Agency, ESA

Water from a comet or an asteroid?

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Kalim Churiomov in an interview with the scientist website: "I am happy that the European Space Agency chose a comet that I was a co-discoverer as a target for the spacecraft"

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The Rosetta spacecraft is operated by crews at the European Space Agency's Operations Center in Darmstadt, Germany.

Rosetta continues in the full scientific phase

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A photograph showing the Philae lander taking off from comet 67P Churimov-Gersimenko in Rosetta animation. Credit: SA/Rosetta/NAVCAM; pre-processed by Mikel Canania"

The wisdom of the crowds helped discover the jump of the Philae lander and its final landing place on the comet

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The model of the Philae lander on the stage of the event hall at the control center of the European Space Agency in Darmstadt, Germany, November 12, 2014. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

Philae completed her initial mission and went into forced hibernation

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Philae landed on its side and in a shady spot but managed to take and broadcast historical images of the ground of a comet nucleus from the surface; Fear of its ability to continue operating when the batteries run out

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The first image sent by the Philae lander after landing on the comet. The ground is rockier than the mission scientists had estimated. Photo: ESA

Philae settled on a rocky surface but did not anchor to the ground of the comet

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Landing Manager Stefan Olmec and ESA Operations Director Paolo Perry at a press conference summarizing the events of the PHILAE landing on Comet 67P at the ESA Control Center in Darmstadt. 12.11.14. Photo: Avi Belizovskan

Assessment as to the cause of the disruptions: Philae landed, then took off again and landed at a different point

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ESOC director Paolo Perry. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

ESOC director Paolo Perry in an interview with the science website: Rosetta is not a typical space mission

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European Space Agency control room director: "Philae on the comet" Update: apparently the anchors did not stick to the ground

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Raw photo - the Rosetta spacecraft from the CIVA camera of the Philae lander 40 seconds after it left to pass the comet. Screenshot: Avi Blizovsky

The European Space Agency has revealed the photograph of Philae's farewell to Rosetta before landing on the comet

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The manager of the landing operation of the Philae spacecraft on a comet in a conversation with the website Hadaan: One of the gas tanks intended to assist in the landing did not open, but we are sure that even without it the landing will be smooth.

Update: A signal was received from the lander. The director of the landing operation of the Philae spacecraft to the science site: one of the gas tanks intended to assist in the landing did not open, but we are sure that the landing on the comet will be smooth

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ESA Flight Director Andrea Acumazzo and ESA Mission Manager Paolo Perre at ESOC - ESA Control Center in Darmstadt, November 11, 2014. Photo ESA,/J NAI

Rosetta received the first approval to land a lander on the comet. A special report for the science website from the control center of the European Space Agency in Darmstadt

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Rosetta, the scientific mission to study the surface of the cometary nucleus, "Aspiration" a short film from the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation describing the near future, and a drawing of Rosetta for children designed to encourage the younger generation to prepare for the great adventures to come. Photos (Photo Credits: ESA, Platige Image, ESA Communications

4 days to landing on the comet - the science website will report from the field; The European Space Agency released a short video clip describing the operation

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A simulation of the Paley lander leaving the Rosetta spacecraft to land on the mission. Figure: European Space Agency

"A 25-year-old dream is about to come true"

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Attached are photographs of the Osiris facility on the Rosetta spacecraft, of the J site, on the surface of comet P67 Churyumov-Gardimenko. Photo: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for Osiris Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA

The landing site of the Paley lander (attached to the Rosetta spacecraft) on the comet has been determined

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The Rosetta spacecraft took this selfie on October 7, along with its target - comet 67P Churyumov-Gardimenko from an altitude of about 10 kilometers. Photo: ESA/Rosetta/Philae/CIVA

A selfie of a spaceship and a comet

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Image of the potential landing sites for the Philae lander on comet 67P Churyumov-Gardimenko. Photo: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM

The short list: the European Space Agency will choose one of five potential sites for the landing of the Rosetta lander on the comet

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A close-up of the nucleus of comet 67P Churyumov-Gardimenko. Photo: European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft, August 6, 2014

Rosetta entered orbit around the comet and thus sets a historical landmark

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The latest image of comet 67P Churyumov-Gardimenko taken by Rosetta on August 2, 2014. Photo: ESA/Rosetta/Navcam

Rosetta begins orbiting Comet 6P Churyumov-Gardimenko tomorrow (August 67)

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This image of the halo of Comet 67P Churyumov-Gardimenko was taken on July 25, 2014 and covers an area of ​​150 km by 150 km. Photo: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM

In less than a week, Rosetta will begin orbiting the comet; photographed our discovery from a distance of 2,000 km

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Comet 67P/CG as photographed on July 14, 2014 from the Rosetta spacecraft from a distance of about 12 thousand km. Photo: Credits: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for the OSIRIS team

Rosetta approaches an unusual comet

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The Rosetta spacecraft. Figure: European Space Agency

Rosetta woke up and called home

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A simulation of the Paley lander leaving the Rosetta spacecraft to land on the mission. Figure: European Space Agency

My skin, Rosetta!

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Asteroid Lutetia as imaged by the Rosetta spacecraft on July 10, 2010

The asteroid Lutetia - summary of findings

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Asteroid Lutetia as imaged by the Rosetta spacecraft on July 10, 2010

Rosetta made a flyby of the asteroid Lutetia

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Imaging of the Rosetta spacecraft near asteroid Steins, 2008. Image: European Space Agency

Survey of minerals in asteroids

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Asteroid Steins looks like a diamond in the sky

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Rosetta prepares to meet asteroid (2867) Steins

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Rosetta has begun tracking the asteroid Steins, which it will pass by in September

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

On its way to Mars, Rosetta photographed the asteroid Lutetia, which it will reach in 2010

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Rosetta can 'smell' a comet

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Prof. Akiva Bar-Nun, from Rosetta Initiatives which will be launched this week: We hope for the success of the project

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Rosetta will not launch * Looking for another comet spacecraft

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The Rosetta project - to launch a spacecraft to a comet has been postponed by a few days

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