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 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 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.

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 ...

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

12 Nov 2013 ... 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 ...

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.

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Follow Europe's comet chaser Rosetta on ESA's official website, where you can find the latest news, images and animations on the spacecraft and its lander .

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  ...

The competition winners who helped us wake up Rosetta / Rosetta ...

29 Jan 2014 ... We asked you to help us wake up Rosetta from 31 months of deep-space hibernation in a fun video shout-out contest. With over 200 entries ...