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ROSETTA. The United States Contribution. International Mission to a Comet, in Search of our Origins.
The Rosetta spacecraft is on its way to catch and land a robot on a comet! Rosetta will reach comet “67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko” (“C-G”) in 2014. The European Space Agency (ESA) is spearheading this international mission, with NASA providing key scientific instruments for studying comet C-G and other celestial bodies. To preview Rosetta’s exciting ride through the solar system, see the Timeline below.
On Deck:
Earth Swingby
November 13, 2009 (UTC)
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Latest News:
11.16.2009
Swirling clouds over the South Pacific >>
Swirling clouds over the South Pacific
Rosetta's OSIRIS imaging system spotted an anticyclone over the South Pacific on the morning of 13 November. The images show the scene roughly as a human eye would see it. >>
11.13.2009
Rosetta sees a living planet >>
Images and data taken just before closest approach were downloaded this morning, and they show the lights of North America in the night and a glowing Southern Hemisphere. >>
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