Orbiter: Instruments / Rosetta / Space Science / Our Activities / ESA

The Rosetta orbiter's scientific payload includes 11 experiments, in addition to the lander. Scientific consortia from institutes across Europe and the United States ...

Rosetta arrives at comet destination / Rosetta / Space Science / Our ...

6 Aug 2014 ... After a decade-long journey chasing its target, ESA's Rosetta has today become the first spacecraft to rendezvous with a comet, opening a new ...

Comet's firework display ahead of perihelion / Rosetta / Space ...

11 Aug 2015 ... On 29 July, Rosetta observed the most dramatic outburst yet, registered by several of its instruments from their vantage point 186 km from the ...

Rosetta's descent towards region of active pits / Rosetta / Space ...

9 Sep 2016 ... Squeezing out unique scientific observations until the very end, Rosetta's thrilling mission will culminate with a descent on 30 September ...

Rosetta fuels debate on origin of Earth's oceans / Rosetta / Space ...

10 Dec 2014 ... ESA's Rosetta spacecraft has found the water vapour from its target comet to be significantly different to that found on Earth. The discovery fuels ...

Inside Rosetta's comet / Rosetta / Space Science / Our Activities / ESA

4 February 2016. There are no large caverns inside Comet 67P/Churyumov- Gerasimenko. ESA's Rosetta mission has made measurements that clearly ...

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

The most difficult phase of the Rosetta mission is the final rendezvous with the fast-moving comet. After the braking manoeuvre in May 2014, the priority will be to ...

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 ...

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

10 Oct 2014 ... Along this roundabout route, Rosetta will enter the asteroid belt twice and gain velocity from gravitational 'kicks' provided by close fly-bys of ...

Rosetta's journey / Rosetta / Space Science / Our Activities / ESA

Mei 2014: Rosetta trifft auf den Kometen Churyumov-Gerasimenko ... An animation of Rosetta's 12-year journey, which began in February 2004, with an Ariane 5 ...