Information about the
mission:
Rosetta is the
first mission in history to rendezvous with a comet, escort it as it orbits the
Sun, and deploy a lander to its surface. The robotic space probe, built and launched by
ESA, the European Space Agency, already performs a detailed study ofcomet
67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The spacecraft
arrived at the comet on 6 August 2014 following a 10-year journey through the
Solar System. Since then the Rosetta spacecraft orbits the comet and gathers
data to characterise the environment and the comet nucleus. On November 12,
2014, Rosetta's Lander Philae will attempt to land on the surface. Philae
carries a suite of instruments for imaging and sampling the comet nucleus.
The mission is
controlled from ESA’s European Space Operations Centre (ESOC), in Darmstadt,
Germany. It is an ESA mission with contributions from its Member States and
NASA. Rosetta’s Philae Lander is provided by a consortium led by DLR and MPS
(Germany), CNES (France) and ASI (Italy).Scientists claim that this mission is
more complex than landing on the moon.
How to follow the news:
1.Hashtags
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#Rosetta
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#67p
2.Official accounts
How to engage with the mission:
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Tweet or ask questions on Twitter
about the mission
Why Twitter? Exclusive content about the
mission!
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@ESA_Rosetta
live tweeting the event (1st person) - sharing photos, infographics, vines,
videos, gifs
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1st photo of lander descent =
Twitter exclusive
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1st photo of landing/comet
surface = Twitter exclusive
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Vines of mission
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Vine statements of ESA chief
scientists and discoverer of Rosetta
When is it happening?
Official ESA time schedule
for 12 November 2014 (main events only)
Live From ESA ESOC Mission
Control Room
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08:30-09:15 GMT / 09:30-10:15
NIGERIA time: Lander separation scheduled at 09:03 GMT/10:03 NIGERIA time -
descent will take seven hours due to very low gravity of the comet
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11:00-12:15 GMT / 12:00 Noon-1:15pm
NIGERIA time: Science updates and first (‘farewell’) pictures showing Lander
descent (expected around 12:00 GMT /
1pm NIGERIA time)
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14:00-15:30 GMT/ 3:00pm -4:30pm NIGERIA time: Focus on Rosetta
science, Orbiter and Lander already gather data during descent, last
preparations for landing
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15:45-16:15 GMT /4:45pm -5:15pm NIGERIA
time: Landing expected at 16:00 GMT / 5:00pm NIGERIA time (+/- 15 min)
Livestream:
Additional information:
Essential information and
channels on ESA's Rosetta mission:
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