Images of Earth and Moon captured by Rosetta


Graham land, Antarctica
 
Graham land, Antarctica
 
14 November 2007
 
Images taken right after Rosetta’s second Earth swing-by last night are now available. The comet chaser’s navigation camera (NAVCAM) took pictures of regions in the Antarctic and snapshots of Earth and the Moon.
 
The NAVCAM is one of the subsystems on the Rosetta orbiter used for optical navigation. The pictures were all taken immediately after Rosetta’s closest approach to Earth, between 21:55 CET on 13 November and 00:10 on 14 November while Rosetta was flying at heights of between 5500 to 6250 km from Earth’s surface.
 
 
Graham land, Antarctica
   
Graham land, Antarctica
 






Graham land, Antarctica, taken on 13 November at 21:55 CET.
 
 
Graham land, Antarctica
 
Graham land, Antarctica
 
 






Graham land, Antarctica, taken on 13 November at 21:56 CET.
 
 
Earth as seen by Rosetta
   
Earth as seen by Rosetta
 






Earth, taken on 13 November at 22:56 CET.
 
 
Rosetta’s view of the Moon
 
Rosetta’s view of the Moon
 
 






The Moon, taken on 14 November, 00:10 CET.
 
 
Earth from Rosetta’s NAVCAM
   
Earth from Rosetta’s NAVCAM
 






Earth, taken on 13 November at 21:58 CET.
 
 
Earth from Rosetta’s NAVCAM
 
Earth from Rosetta’s NAVCAM
 
 






Earth, taken on 13 November at 21:54 CET.
 
 

 •  Rosetta Blog (http://webservices.esa.int/blog/blog/5/)
 •  ESA's comet chaser (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Rosetta/index.html)
 •  Space Operations &
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(http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Operations/index.html)

Related ESApod

 •  Rosetta swing-by update (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Rosetta/SEMDJF53R8F_0.html)
 •  Rosetta Earth swing-by (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/ESApod/SEM0F253R8F_0.html)

Related ESA blogs

 •  Rosetta Blog (http://webservices.esa.int/blog/blog/5/)

For the media

 •  Media Press Kit (http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMJ09374OD_1_spk.html)
 •  Rosetta 2nd Earth swing-by Q & A (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Rosetta/SEMUZ053R8F_0.html)

Related articles

 •  Rosetta swing-by a success (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Rosetta/SEMEFN53R8F_0.html)
 •  Rosetta right on track for Earth swing-by (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Rosetta/SEMCQH53R8F_0.html)
 •  Rosetta closes in on Earth – a second time (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Rosetta/SEMC20VOM8F_0.html)
 •  Boosting the accuracy of Rosetta's Earth approach (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Rosetta/SEMKB9JJX7F_0.html)
 •  Rosetta teams up with New Horizons (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Rosetta/SEMTUJN0LYE_0.html)
 •  Rosetta delivers Phobos transit animation and 'sees' Mars in stereo (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Rosetta/SEM9R6N0LYE_0.html)
 •  Rosetta successfully swings by Mars (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Rosetta/SEMVE2CE8YE_0.html)
 •  Stunning view of Rosetta skimming past Mars (http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMFTZM0LYE_index_0.html)
 •  Rosetta lander measures Mars' magnetic environment around close approach (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Rosetta/SEMFQ0N0LYE_0.html)
 •  Beautiful new images from Rosetta’s approach to Mars: OSIRIS UPDATE (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Rosetta/SEMUDT70LYE_0.html)

Related links

 •  New Norcia - DSA 1 (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Operations/SEMGSDSMTWE_0.html)