The communication link between the Rosetta spacecraft and the Philae lander was turned off on Wednesday, marking a bittersweet milestone in the final days of the mission to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Although there hasn’t been any communication from Philae for a year, Wednesday’s event officially closed the chapter on a mission that will conclude with Rosetta crashing into the comet.
European scientists have confirmed their brave little lander Philae has managed to regain communications with…
ESA’s Philae lander battled against the odds on Friday, transmitting key scientific data before its…
ESA’s Rosetta – and her companion spacecraft – Philae – parted ways on Wednesday, ahead…
The European Space Agency (ESA) faces a crossroads as it works to prepare flights of…
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Hera mission, which is traveling to asteroid Didymos and its…
The Japanese asteroid sampling mission Hayabusa2 – launched on December 3, 2014 aboard an H-IIA…
After more than 12 years in space and two years at comet 67P, the European…
Two robotic missions, aimed at gaining further understanding into the threat of asteroids, passed major…
Following last week’s dramatic exploits of Rosetta’s Philae lander on the surface of a comet,…
Deep Space spacecraft from the USA, Europe and India are all pressing through their mission…
The European Space Agency (ESA) spacecraft Rosetta – and her robotic lander companion Philae –…
ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft has awoken from its 957 days in slumber on Monday, ahead of…
