After more than 12 years in space and two years at comet 67P, the European Space Agency has said goodbye to its historic Rosetta spacecraft. The first craft to enter orbit of a comet and deploy the first probe to land on a comet, Rosetta and its Philae lander greatly improved humanity’s understanding of comets, their environments, and the conditions under which the solar system initially formed.
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EuropeanUncrewed
Rosetta and Philae officially say goodbye as mission draws to conclusion
by Chris BerginThe communication link between the Rosetta spacecraft and the Philae lander was turned off on…
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ESA’s Rosetta – and her companion spacecraft – Philae – parted ways on Wednesday, ahead…
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The European Space Agency (ESA) spacecraft Rosetta – and her robotic lander companion Philae –…
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ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft has awoken from its 957 days in slumber on Monday, ahead of…
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EuropeanInternationalUncrewed
Goodbye to the Ariane 5, the ‘Swiss Knife’ of Europe’s launch industry
The Ariane 5 flew for the very last time on Wednesday, July 5, sending government…
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EuropeanInternationalSpaceX
Launch Roundup – Arianespace launches Ariane 5 final flight; SpaceX flies one of last Starlink v1.5 flights
Four launches were successfully conducted for the week of July 2 through July 9. The…
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European Space Agency (ESA) and Arianespace teams have conducted the launch of the historic Jupiter…
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Intuitive Machines (IM) has selected SpaceX to launch their third mission to the Moon. Named…
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The Japanese asteroid sampling mission Hayabusa2 – launched on December 3, 2014 aboard an H-IIA…
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As another spacecraft prepares to land on Mars, the Dawn spacecraft recently ended its mission…
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NASA’s “Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight)” mission has received another…
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The next generation weather satellite, Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite “GOES-R”, has arrived in Florida for…
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European scientists have confirmed their brave little lander Philae has managed to regain communications with…
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Uncrewed
International effort to understand asteroids and protect Earth from their threat
by Chris BerginTwo robotic missions, aimed at gaining further understanding into the threat of asteroids, passed major…
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NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has completed its historic arrival at the dwarf planet Ceres. With the…
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Nine years after launching on an Atlas V rocket from the Cape Canaveral Air Force…
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Following last week’s dramatic exploits of Rosetta’s Philae lander on the surface of a comet,…
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ESA’s Philae lander battled against the odds on Friday, transmitting key scientific data before its…
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Deep Space spacecraft from the USA, Europe and India are all pressing through their mission…