January 2019
Visiting an asteroid to find out how life began
... of Ryugu also drew discussion. Rather than the potato-shape of asteroid Itokawa or the rubber duck profile of Comet 67P, Ryugu seemed to be shaped as a diamond. Artist’s impression of Hayabusa2 at Ryugu. Diamond shapes are usually created by fast...
09 November 2018
Leftover gas from the Sun's birth created Earth's water
... deuterium there is compared with hydrogen. Oceans originating from comets smashing into Earth was recently ruled out as a leading... compared to what Earth has. So if objects like Comet 67P/C-G has frequently struck Earth in its early history, then...
August 2016
International cooperation drives Germany’s space ambitions
... Mars mission. An example of a very successful international project in which DLR participated is the European Rosetta mission to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, in which development and operation of the Philae lander was led by DLR. Together with...
January 2021
Time to change our relationship with space?
... impression of the Rosetta orbiter deploying the Philae lander to comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. Rosetta was the first spacecraft to orbit a...probe made the first successful landing on the surface a comet and began sending back images and data. It is...
June 2017
Automated or human-operated systems?
... based operations using Automated-Human-Robot-System. ESA’s Rosetta showing the deployment of the Philae lander to comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. Indeed, humans should always be allowed to decide and act when faced with the unplanned...
February 2019
Simulating lunar and martian regolith in the laboratory
... capabilities for future missions, these surface regoliths have to be simulated in the lab. Close up image of Comet 67P/Churyumov– Gerasimenko by Philae’s lander imaging system on ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft. Recreating the surface of Mars Simulating...
