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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Images taken by Rosetta during flybys of Earth and Mars, and asteroids Steins ... [ 5/13] Rosetta's view of the Moon; [6/13] Asteroid Steins: A diamond in space ...

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.

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, ...