ESA Rosetta mission

[Grey Havoc]

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-33206661

 

[Grey Havoc]

Trouble: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-33596274

 

[FighterJock]

Trouble: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-33596274

Looks like something has gone horribly wrong with Philea, to have suddenly stopped communicating on the 9th July things are not looking good. :'(

 

[Grey Havoc]

http://io9.com/we-actually-learned-a-lot-from-philaes-botched-landing-1721095739

 

[Grey Havoc]

Trouble: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-33596274

Looks like something has gone horribly wrong with Philea, to have suddenly stopped communicating on the 9th July things are not looking good. :'(

http://gizmodo.com/researchers-are-launching-a-final-desperate-effort-to-1751817868

 

[FighterJock]

Trouble: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-33596274

Looks like something has gone horribly wrong with Philea, to have suddenly stopped communicating on the 9th July things are not looking good. :'(

http://gizmodo.com/researchers-are-launching-a-final-desperate-effort-to-1751817868

I think that they have left it too late to try and communicate with Philae, though good luck to them.

 

[Grey Havoc]

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35559503

 

[FighterJock]

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35559503

A shame they have lost permanent contact with Philea. Though the science that they got through the few hours of the lander communicating with mission control will no doubt keep the scientists busy for many years to come.

 

[Grey Havoc]

There is that.

Here's a little more info on recent events: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/02/12/rip_philae/

 

[Grey Havoc]

ORIGINAL CAPTION: Hello, old friend: Philae (near top right, in darkness) comes back into view

ORIGINAL CAPTION: Stuck in a ditch: The evidence is unequivocal

Philae: Lost comet lander is found (BBC News)​

 

[FighterJock]

ORIGINAL CAPTION: Hello, old friend: Philae (near top right, in darkness) comes back into view

ORIGINAL CAPTION: Stuck in a ditch: The evidence is unequivocal

Philae: Lost comet lander is found (BBC News)​

At least they managed to find Philae, I was getting worried that they might never have found the lander. Sad that it has taken to the end of the mission though.

 

[The Artist]

Something a few members of this group might not know about but would like to.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_(Vangelis_album)

The release date is September 23, 2016

 

[FighterJock]

It looks like the end is almost nigh for the Rosetta probe it will be missed. :'(

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37511861

I wonder where it will land?

 

[Grey Havoc]

It looks like the end is almost nigh for the Rosetta probe it will be missed. :'(

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37511861

I wonder where it will land?

I think I remember hearing last week that they were hoping to have it impact not too far from where Philae ended up.

On another note, from the posted article:

 

[Grey Havoc]

http://www.space.com/34237-comet-67p-sang-for-rosetta-probe-video.html

http://www.space.com/34256-ambition-epilogue-pays-tribute-to-rosettas-final-comet-days.html

 

[Grey Havoc]

http://www.space.com/17933-nasa-television-webcasts-live-space-tv.html

 

[FighterJock]

That is Rosetta on Comet 67/P. So long Rosetta.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37520420

 

[Grey Havoc]

http://gizmodo.com/all-the-incredible-things-we-learned-from-our-first-tri-1787243767

http://gizmodo.com/this-is-the-last-thing-the-rosetta-spacecraft-saw-befor-1787268890

 

[Flyaway]

UNEXPECTED SURPRISE: A FINAL IMAGE FROM ROSETTA

Scientists analysing the final telemetry sent by Rosetta immediately before it shut down on the surface of the comet last year have reconstructed one last image of its touchdown site.

http://m.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Unexpected_surprise_a_final_image_from_Rosetta

 

[FighterJock]

UNEXPECTED SURPRISE: A FINAL IMAGE FROM ROSETTA

Scientists analysing the final telemetry sent by Rosetta immediately before it shut down on the surface of the comet last year have reconstructed one last image of its touchdown site.

http://m.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Unexpected_surprise_a_final_image_from_Rosetta

Now that is a nice surprise. Wonder what took ESA so long to release the final image?

 

[TomS]

UNEXPECTED SURPRISE: A FINAL IMAGE FROM ROSETTA

Scientists analysing the final telemetry sent by Rosetta immediately before it shut down on the surface of the comet last year have reconstructed one last image of its touchdown site.

http://m.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Unexpected_surprise_a_final_image_from_Rosetta

Now that is a nice surprise. Wonder what took ESA so long to release the final image?

I thought the article made that clear. It wasn't a finished image -- they had multiple packets of data in the final transmission that was interrupted when it died. it was only half of a full image, so their data processing software didn't recognize that they were an image. Only when people manually looked through those packets later did they realize that they were part of an image. They then had to string the packets together and turn them into a partial image.

 

[Flyaway]

Doomed Philae lander accidentally did a science by denting the comet

New touchdown location identified where Philae bumped into a boulder.

arstechnica.com

 

[FighterJock]

Just to let everyone know, Comet 67/P is making its first perihelion approach to the sun next year carrying the now dead Rosetta and Philae lander on the surface it will be worth a look through a telescope or a pair of good binoculars.