Hello all, Arie asked me for an update, so here it is! We have just passed a major mission milestone, over two years at the comet! A nice way to celebrate that was the rendering of the orbit around the comet since July … [Lees meer...]
An update of the Rosetta and Philae mission to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
An update of the Rosetta and Philae mission to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Last time I wrote, we were in summer approaching perihelion. Very soon after that post we released all the first lander results from the surface of the comet. I had mentioned the result regarding the comet's magnetic field (or lack thereof) but other measurements were made. COSAC revealed a number … [Lees meer...]
On the Rosetta and Philae mission to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Hieronder is een blog te lezen van Matt Taylor, die als 'project-scientist' nauw betrokken is bij het wetenschappelijk onderzoek van de Europese Rosetta sonde en de Philae lander aan de komeet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. In februari j.l. spraken wij Matt en we spraken toen af dat hij voor de … [Lees meer...]