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Earlier this morning, the Rosetta satellite successfully landed a probe on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Geras...Earlier this morning, the Rosetta satellite successfully landed a probe on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko! Trace is here to explain how the European Space Agency managed to do this.
Read More:
Rosetta Mission Timeline
http://rosetta.jpl.nasa.gov/mission-facts/mission-timeline
Rosetta’s Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Frequently_asked_questions
Rosetta’s Target: Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
http://sci.esa.int/rosetta/14615-comet-67p/
“There are hundreds of comets flying around the Solar System, each of them a potential target for ESA's comet-chasing Rosetta mission.”
How Rosetta Arrives At A Comet
http://blogs.esa.int/rosetta/2014/08/01/how-rosetta-arrives-at-a-comet/
“After travelling nearly 6.4 billion kilometres through the Solar System, ESA’s Rosetta is closing in on its target, but how does a spacecraft actually arrive at a comet?”
How Probes Get ‘Gravity Assists’ in Their Journeys Through Space
http://online.wsj.com/articles/space-probe-gets-gravity-assist-in-journey-to-comet-1409334847
“The Rosetta space probe made history this month when it became the first mission to orbit a comet—but the operation wouldn't have been possible without several key assists from Earth and Mars.”
Rosetta comet mission: Landing site named ‘Agilkia’
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29902456
“The landing site on a comet to be targeted by Europe's Philae robot on 12 November has been named "Agilkia" following a public competition.”
Rosetta
http://sci.esa.int/rosetta/
“On 6 August 2014, the Rosetta mission achieved a significant milestone by becoming the first mission to rendezvous with a comet.”
Gravity Assist
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest-blogs/2013/20130926-gravity-assist.html
“With the recent announcement by NASA that the 36 year-old spacecraft Voyager 1 has officially entered interstellar space at a distance from the Sun about four times further than Neptune's orbit, and with Voyager 2 not far behind, it seems worthwhile to explore how humans managed to fling objects so far into space.”
Gravity Assists/Flybys A Quick Gravity Assist Primer
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/missiongravityassistprimer/
“The ‘gravity assist’ concept has proven to be a fundamental technique to help in exploring our ‘back yard’ -- the solar system.”
How can we use planets and moons to “slingshot” a space ship into a different path?
http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/vss/docs/navigation/3-slingshot.html
“Slingshot paths are called Gravity Assist Trajectories.”
Photo © ESA/Handout/Corbis
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Read More:
Rosetta Mission Timeline
http://rosetta.jpl.nasa.gov/mission-facts/mission-timeline
Rosetta’s Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Frequently_asked_questions
Rosetta’s Target: Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
http://sci.esa.int/rosetta/14615-comet-67p/
“There are hundreds of comets flying around the Solar System, each of them a potential target for ESA's comet-chasing Rosetta mission.”
How Rosetta Arrives At A Comet
http://blogs.esa.int/rosetta/2014/08/01/how-rosetta-arrives-at-a-comet/
“After travelling nearly 6.4 billion kilometres through the Solar System, ESA’s Rosetta is closing in on its target, but how does a spacecraft actually arrive at a comet?”
How Probes Get ‘Gravity Assists’ in Their Journeys Through Space
http://online.wsj.com/articles/space-probe-gets-gravity-assist-in-journey-to-comet-1409334847
“The Rosetta space probe made history this month when it became the first mission to orbit a comet—but the operation wouldn't have been possible without several key assists from Earth and Mars.”
Rosetta comet mission: Landing site named ‘Agilkia’
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29902456
“The landing site on a comet to be targeted by Europe's Philae robot on 12 November has been named "Agilkia" following a public competition.”
Rosetta
http://sci.esa.int/rosetta/
“On 6 August 2014, the Rosetta mission achieved a significant milestone by becoming the first mission to rendezvous with a comet.”
Gravity Assist
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest-blogs/2013/20130926-gravity-assist.html
“With the recent announcement by NASA that the 36 year-old spacecraft Voyager 1 has officially entered interstellar space at a distance from the Sun about four times further than Neptune's orbit, and with Voyager 2 not far behind, it seems worthwhile to explore how humans managed to fling objects so far into space.”
Gravity Assists/Flybys A Quick Gravity Assist Primer
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/missiongravityassistprimer/
“The ‘gravity assist’ concept has proven to be a fundamental technique to help in exploring our ‘back yard’ -- the solar system.”
How can we use planets and moons to “slingshot” a space ship into a different path?
http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/vss/docs/navigation/3-slingshot.html
“Slingshot paths are called Gravity Assist Trajectories.”
Photo © ESA/Handout/Corbis
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