Sentences with phrase «site on comet»
Image depicts the primary landing site on comet 67P / Churyumov - Gerasimenko chosen for the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission.
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As of press time, Rosetta is scheduled to drop a lander, named Philae, in mid-November onto a site on the comet's surface named Agilkia — another space exploration first.
22 - 24 August European Space Agency will use data from Rosetta to choose up to five possible landing sites on the comet
Not exact matches
If ESA discovers that J is unsuitable between now and November, they have selected a backup site, C. Landing on this spot would give Philae a view of the comet's «neck», which is of high scientific interest, but J won out as the easier place to touch down.
Radar data helped locate an approximate position for its final resting spot — somewhere just within the rim of the large crater on the head of the duck - shaped comet, what was once known as landing site «B.» Holger Sierks, principal investigator for the orbiter's camera, was waiting for images to be downloaded to Earth tonight that he thought would contain the lander.
IN FOCUS Philae's landing site, Agilkia, is just above the clearly visible depression on the smaller of comet 67P / Churyumov - Gerasimenko's two lobes.
Unexpected surprise: a final image from Rosetta 28 September 2017 Scientists analysing the final telemetry sent by Rosetta immediately before it shut down on the surface of the comet last year have reconstructed one last image of its touchdown site.
Missions selected were Comet Astrobiology Exploration Sample Return (CAESAR), a mission to return a sample from the nucleus of comet 67P / Churyumov - Gerasimenko, and Dragonfly, a drone - like rotorcraft lander that would explore the prebiotic chemistry and habitability of dozens of sites on Saturn's moon Titan.