Sep 7, 2020 by News Staff

A new analysis of data gathered by the CONSERT (Comet Nucleus Sounding Experiment by Radio wave Transmission) instrument, a radar onboard ESA’s Rosetta...

Sep 5, 2016 by News Staff

ESA’s Rosetta orbiter has spotted Philae hidden in a dark crack on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Philae has been identified in Rosetta’s...

Jul 31, 2015 by News Staff

A special issue of the journal Science highlights seven new studies that delve into the data that has been collected by ESA’s probe Philae on 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. This...

Jun 16, 2015 by News Staff

The European Space Agency (ESA) and its Rosetta mission partners are working to juggle the spacecraft’s flight plan to help with renewed Philae lander...

Jun 14, 2015 by News Staff

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Philae lander has woken up after seven months in hibernation on the surface of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The Philae...

Apr 14, 2015 by News Staff

Complementary data collected by the Rosetta Plasma Consortium fluxgate magnetometer (RPC-MAG) on board ESA’s Rosetta orbiter, and by the Rosetta Lander...

Feb 2, 2015 by News Staff

Rosetta mission scientists have announced the first results from the COmetary Secondary Ion Mass Analyser (COSIMA), one of Rosetta’s three dust analysis...

Nov 20, 2014 by News Staff

An instrument called SESAME-CASSE aboard Rosetta’s 100-kg Philae lander has recorded the sound of touchdown – in the form of vibrations detected...

Nov 17, 2014 by News Staff

New images released by the European Space Agency (ESA) show the journey of Philae as it approached and then rebounded from its first touchdown on Comet...

Nov 16, 2014 by News Staff

Rosetta’s Philae lander has completed its primary science mission after two days on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. With its batteries depleted...

Nov 13, 2014 by News Staff

European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission has landed its Philae probe on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. The signal confirming the successful...

Nov 11, 2014 by News Staff

On 12 November 2014, Rosetta’s Philae probe is set to make the first-ever landing on a comet when it touches down on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko....

Oct 21, 2014 by News Staff

The European Space Agency (ESA) is inviting the public to suggest a name for the spot where the Rosetta mission’s lander Philae will touch down on...

Oct 15, 2014 by News Staff

European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission managers have confirmed the place and time they will attempt to land the Rosetta spacecraft’s Philae lander...

Sep 15, 2014 by News Staff

The European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission has picked a location on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko where it aims to land the Rosetta’s lander,...