05 July 2015
From SETI to black crust on Churyumov-Gerasimenko: looking for alien life
... off the first comet landing using the spacecraft Philae, lander module of the Rosetta probe. This week...its organic-rich black crust. It should be noted that both the Philae lander and the Rosetta probe were not equipped to search for direct evidence...
22 December 2017
Where is NASA going next?
... comet has already been studied by ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft and it is now the final resting place of the Philae lander. Philae touched down on 12 November 2014, but its mission did not quite go to plan as it bounced when its...
October 2015
Taking AIM with ESA: proposing the first visit to a binary asteroid system
...fine soil structure, and a radiometer to measure surface temperature among other values. The haphazard touchdown of Rosetta’s Philae lander demonstrates the challenges inherent in low-gravity operations, but MASCOT-2 will be an opportunity to acquire...
March 2016
Rosetta – Starting from Scratch
... station with a 35m antenna in New Norcia, a small site 130 km north of Perth, Western Australia. Rosetta and Philae being prepared for launch This was sufficient for Rosetta but Manfred’s ambition was to give ESA...
August 2016
International cooperation drives Germany’s space ambitions
... 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 ESA, the first ever landing on a comet was performed on 12 November...
November 2016
Rosetta - an eventful cruise phase
... in space - and we would only see it again, hopefully, in 2.5 years time. Picture credits Civa picture: ESA/Rosetta/Philae/Civa. OSIRIS pictures: ESA MPS for OSIRIS Team/ MPS/ UPD/LAM/ IAA/ RSSD/ INTA/ UPM...
