We Just Landed On A Comet!
Earlier this morning, the Rosetta satellite successfully landed a probe on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko! Trace is here to explain how the European Space Agency managed to do this.
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Rosetta Mission Timeline
Rosetta’s Frequently Asked Questions
Rosetta’s Target: Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
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“There are hundreds of comets flying around the Solar System, each of them a potential target for ESA's comet-chasing Rosetta mission.”
How Rosetta Arrives At A Comet
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“After travelling nearly 6.4 billion kilometres through the Solar System, ESA’s Rosetta is closing in on its target, but how does a spacecraft actually arrive at a comet?”
How Probes Get ‘Gravity Assists’ in Their Journeys Through Space
“The Rosetta space probe made history this month when it became the first mission to orbit a comet—but the operation wouldn't have been possible without several key assists from Earth and Mars.”
Rosetta comet mission: Landing site named ‘Agilkia’
“The landing site on a comet to be targeted by Europe's Philae robot on 12 November has been named "Agilkia" following a public competition.”
Rosetta
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“On 6 August 2014, the Rosetta mission achieved a significant milestone by becoming the first mission to rendezvous with a comet.”
Gravity Assist
“With the recent announcement by NASA that the 36 year-old spacecraft Voyager 1 has officially entered interstellar space at a distance from the Sun about four times further than Neptune's orbit, and with Voyager 2 not far behind, it seems worthwhile to explore how humans managed to fling objects so far into space.”
Gravity Assists/Flybys A Quick Gravity Assist Primer
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“The ‘gravity assist’ concept has proven to be a fundamental technique to help in exploring our ‘back yard’ -- the solar system.”
How can we use planets and moons to “slingshot” a space ship into a different path?
“Slingshot paths are called Gravity Assist Trajectories.”
Photo © ESA/Handout/Corbis
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Read More:
Rosetta Mission Timeline
Rosetta’s Frequently Asked Questions
Rosetta’s Target: Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
/
“There are hundreds of comets flying around the Solar System, each of them a potential target for ESA's comet-chasing Rosetta mission.”
How Rosetta Arrives At A Comet
/
“After travelling nearly 6.4 billion kilometres through the Solar System, ESA’s Rosetta is closing in on its target, but how does a spacecraft actually arrive at a comet?”
How Probes Get ‘Gravity Assists’ in Their Journeys Through Space
“The Rosetta space probe made history this month when it became the first mission to orbit a comet—but the operation wouldn't have been possible without several key assists from Earth and Mars.”
Rosetta comet mission: Landing site named ‘Agilkia’
“The landing site on a comet to be targeted by Europe's Philae robot on 12 November has been named "Agilkia" following a public competition.”
Rosetta
/
“On 6 August 2014, the Rosetta mission achieved a significant milestone by becoming the first mission to rendezvous with a comet.”
Gravity Assist
“With the recent announcement by NASA that the 36 year-old spacecraft Voyager 1 has officially entered interstellar space at a distance from the Sun about four times further than Neptune's orbit, and with Voyager 2 not far behind, it seems worthwhile to explore how humans managed to fling objects so far into space.”
Gravity Assists/Flybys A Quick Gravity Assist Primer
/
“The ‘gravity assist’ concept has proven to be a fundamental technique to help in exploring our ‘back yard’ -- the solar system.”
How can we use planets and moons to “slingshot” a space ship into a different path?
“Slingshot paths are called Gravity Assist Trajectories.”
Photo © ESA/Handout/Corbis
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