Rosetta factsheet / Rosetta / Space Science / Our Activities / ESA

3 days ago ... MIRO Microwave Instrument for the Rosetta Orbiter OSIRIS Rosetta Orbiter Imaging System ROSINA Rosetta Orbiter Spectrometer for Ion and ...

Rosetta: 100 days to wake-up / Rosetta / Space Science / Our ...

11 Oct 2013 ... ESA's comet-chasing mission Rosetta will wake up in 100 days' time from deep- space hibernation to reach the destination it has been cruising ...

Rosetta

ESA's Rosetta comet-chaser goes LEGO® ... Rosetta bound for outer Solar System after final Earth swingby ... First view of Earth as Rosetta approaches home.

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

1 Nov 2004 ... Rosetta is a large aluminium box with dimensions 2.8 x 2.1 x 2.0 metres. The scientific instruments are mounted on the 'top' of the box (Payload ...

<B>OSIRIS</B> / Rosetta / Space Science / Our Activities / ESA

9 Oct 2013 ... OSIRIS (Optical, Spectrocopic and Infrared Remote Imaging System) has a wide- angle camera and narrow-angle camera that can obtain ...

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko / Rosetta / Space Science ...

14 Nov 2013 ... Rosetta's task is to rendezvous with the comet while it still lingers in the cold regions of the Solar System and shows no surface activity.

<B>MIRO</B> / Rosetta / Space Science / Our Activities / ESA

9 Oct 2013 ... MIRO (Microwave Instrument for the Rosetta Orbiter) is used to determine the abundances of major gases, the surface outgassing rate and the ...

Comet rendezvous / Rosetta / Space Science / Our Activities / ESA

13 Nov 2013 ... The most difficult phase of the Rosetta mission is the final rendezvous with the fast-moving comet. After the braking manoeuvre in May 2014, ...

Space in Videos - Missions - Rosetta

Rosetta's twelve-year journey in space; Released: 11/10/2013; Length: 00:02:05 ... Rosetta's view of Lutetia, July 2010; Released: 13/06/2012; Length: 00:00:15.

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  ...