News tagged with comet chaser
Rosetta bound for outer Solar System after final Earth swingby (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- This morning, mission controllers confirmed that ESA’s comet chaser Rosetta had swung by Earth at 8:45 CET as planned, skimming past our planet to pick up a gravitational boost for an epic ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 13, 2009 |
4.9 / 5 (7) |
1
Rosetta spacecraft may help unravel cosmic mystery (w/ Video)
When Europe's comet chaser Rosetta swings by Earth tomorrow for a critical gravity assist, tracking data will be collected to precisely measure the satellite's change in orbital energy. The results could help ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 12, 2009 |
5 / 5 (3) |
4
Search results for comet chaser
Space shuttle program: Triumphs and tragedies
When NASA's 30-year-old space shuttle program is shuttered following the Atlantis mission in July, the University of Colorado Boulder will look back at a rich relationship filled with triumph and tragedy and ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 05, 2011 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
NASA's Stardust spacecraft completes comet flyby, sending photos back to Earth
(PhysOrg.com) -- Mission controllers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., watched as data downlinked from the Stardust spacecraft indicated it completed its closest approach with comet Tempel ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 15, 2011 |
4.6 / 5 (5) |
1
|
Stardust celebrates twelve years with rocket burn
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Stardust spacecraft marked its 12th anniversary in space on Monday, Feb. 7, with a rocket burn to further refine its path toward a Feb. 14 date with a comet.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 09, 2011 |
5 / 5 (2) |
0
Stardust spacecraft adjusts flight path for comet meetup
(PhysOrg.com) -- Just over two weeks before its flyby of comet Tempel 1, NASA's Stardust spacecraft fired its thrusters to help refine its flight path toward the comet. The Stardust-NExT mission will fly past ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 02, 2011 |
5 / 5 (2) |
0
|
Astronomer, renowned comet-chaser Brian Marsden dies
Prominent British-born astronomer and comet-chaser Brian Marsden has died at the age of 73 after a long illness, the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics said.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 23, 2010 |
5 / 5 (2) |
0
When is a comet not a comet? Rosetta finds out
(PhysOrg.com) -- It was a case of celestial hit and run. Two asteroids, both in the wrong place at the wrong time. The result: one big trail of debris and a case of mistaken identity. Now, however, ESA’s ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 14, 2010 |
5 / 5 (7) |
4
|
ESA's Rosetta comet-chaser goes LEGO
(PhysOrg.com) -- What does a scientist do to visualise a space journey? Build a model, of course. A model of Europe's Rosetta comet-chaser made out of LEGO blocks started out in this small way and has grown ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 22, 2010 |
3 / 5 (2) |
0
Rosetta's blind date with asteroid Lutetia
ESA's comet-chaser Rosetta is heading for a blind date with asteroid Lutetia. Rosetta does not yet know what Lutetia looks like but beautiful or otherwise the two will meet on 10 July.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 15, 2010 |
4.3 / 5 (7) |
0
|
First view of Earth as Rosetta approaches home
(PhysOrg.com) -- This spectacular image of our home planet was captured by the OSIRIS instrument on ESA's Rosetta comet chaser earlier today as the spacecraft approached Earth for the third and final swingby. ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 12, 2009 |
4.5 / 5 (6) |
0
Rosetta's final Earth boost
ESA's comet chaser Rosetta will swing by Earth for the last time on 13 November to pick up energy and begin the final leg of its 10-year journey to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. ESA's European Space Operations ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 04, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
List of search results for comet chaser
