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 overview / Space Science / Our Activities / ESA

Nov 20, 2013 ... Rosetta is en route to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, where it will make the most detailed study of a comet ever attempted. It will follow ...

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

Aug 6, 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 ...

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

Launch date: 2 March 2004. Journey milestones: 1st Earth gravity assist: 4 March 2005. Mars gravity assist: 25 February 2007 2nd Earth gravity assist: 13 ...

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 ...

Teach with Rosetta / Education / ESA

Our comet-chaser Rosetta has concluded its epic mission in a controlled impact with ... Download the first Rosetta-related teaching resource for primary level11 ...

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

Dec 10, 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 ...

Rosetta captures comet outburst / Rosetta / Space Science / Our ...

Aug 25, 2016 ... In unprecedented observations made earlier this year, Rosetta unexpectedly captured a dramatic comet outburst that may have been triggered ...

Rosetta mission extended / Rosetta / Space Science / Our Activities ...

Jun 23, 2015 ... The adventure continues: ESA today confirmed that its Rosetta mission will be extended until the end of September 2016, at which point the ...

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

Oct 10, 2014 ... Instead, Rosetta will bounce around the inner Solar System like a 'cosmic billiard ball', circling the Sun almost four times during its ten-year trek ...