Wake up, Rosetta! / Rosetta / Space Science / Our Activities / ESA

10 Dec 2013 ... Join the 'Wake Up Rosetta' campaign, an international video shout-out to celebrate the end of 31 months of deep-space hibernation endured ...

Rosetta's frequently asked questions

Why is the mission called Rosetta? The mission is named after the Rosetta Stone , a slab of volcanic basalt found near the Egyptian town of Rashid (Rosetta) in ...

The long trek / Rosetta / Space Science / Our Activities / ESA

12 Nov 2013 ... Rosetta's ten-year expedition began in February 2004, with an Ariane-5 launch from Kourou in French Guiana. The three-tonne spacecraft was ...

Rosetta Media factsheet / Rosetta / Space Science / Our Activities ...

6 Jan 2014 ... Rosetta is the first mission designed to orbit and land on a comet. It consists of an orbiter, carrying 11 science experiments, and a lander, called ...

The Rosetta lander / Rosetta / Space Science / Our Activities / ESA

16 Jan 2014 ... The 100-kilogram Rosetta lander is provided by a European consortium under the leadership of the German Aerospace Research Institute ...

ESA's 'sleeping beauty' wakes up from deep space hibernation ...

20 Jan 2014 ... Rosetta is chasing down Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, where it will become the first space mission to rendezvous with a comet, the ...

Rosetta flybys / Highlights / Space Science / Our Activities / ESA

[1/13] Moonrise above the Pacific 22:06 UTC 4 March 2005; [2/13] Earth from Rosetta 12:47 UTC 5 March 2005 (; [3/13] Stunning image of Rosetta above Mars  ...

Rosetta's target comet is becoming active / Rosetta / Space Science ...

15 May 2014 ... The target of ESA's Rosetta mission has started to reveal its true personality as a comet, its dusty veil clearly developing over the last six weeks.

Rosetta sets sights on destination comet / Rosetta / Space Science ...

27 Mar 2014 ... ESA's Rosetta spacecraft has caught a first glimpse of its destination comet since waking up from deep-space hibernation on 20 January.

Long-distance communication / Rosetta / Space Science / Our ...

During Rosetta's prolonged interplanetary expedition, reliable communications between the spacecraft and the ground will be essential. All of the scientific data  ...