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ESA prepares Rosetta to land Philae probe on Comet 67P on Wednesday

Nov 11, 2014

On coming Wednesday history will be made with the successful landing of the Rosetta's Philae probe on the comet 67P surface, and the world can then sit back to learn a few things about the space body and perhap...

Rosetta comet 67P stinks like rotten eggs, horse pee, and bitter almonds, say scientists

Siddhant Ghatge

Oct 25, 2014

Innovation

The Rosetta comet smells a bouquet of odours: like rotten eggs, horse pee, alcohol and bitter almonds, European scientists said. An instrument aboard the probe Rosetta has detected some intriguing chemical sign...

Comet Siding Spring will pass Mars from 87000 miles after 8 million years

Siddhant Ghatge

Oct 19, 2014

Innovation

Comet Siding Spring will pass just 87,000 miles from planet Mars at 2:27 pm EDT. Space history will be made as this will be the closest planetary flyby of a comet in recorded human history. NASA, India and the ...

ESA’s Rosetta Spacecraft takes selfie Picture with comet P67

Charles Omedo

Oct 15, 2014

Innovation

The Rosetta spacecraft currently in space has taken a selfie of itself with comet it is supposed to monitor in the background some miles away. The European Space Agency (ESA) owned Philae lander took the pictur...

ESA allows to 3D print Comet 67P dimensions using Rosetta mission files data

Charles Omedo

Oct 4, 2014

Innovation

More information has emerged on the European Space Agency (ESA) Rosetta mission which is currently orbiting the comet in our solar system. Two main information has actually emerged: specific data calculations a...

ESA will land a spacecraft on comet come November 12

Charles Omedo

Sep 30, 2014

Innovation

Come November 12, the European Space Agency (ESA) will be landing a spacecraft on comet, the first of its kind. The main purpose of this mission is to further conduct research into the solar system’s history as...

ESA Rosetta Spacecraft to try Philae probe Landing on Comet 67P

Ally Stackhouse

Sep 29, 2014

Innovation

For the first time in the history of mankind a spacecraft will try to land on a comet which is heading towards deep space on November 12th. The ESA spacecraft Rosetta will attempt to set its lander called Phila...

Scientists at ESA finally decides landing site J for Rosetta Mission on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Platonium

Sep 15, 2014

Innovation

ESA - Scientists at European Space Agency has decided exactly where it is going to attempt to land a robot called Philae on on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, currently being carried by the space probe Rosetta...

European Space Agency chooses Site for landing Rosetta Probe on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Christian Bloss

Sep 15, 2014

Innovation

Europe's space agency has decided exactly where on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko it's going to attempt to land a robot called Philae, is currently being carried by the space probe Rosetta, which is orbiting 6...

ESA captures best pictures of Galaxies colliding using Hubble Telescope

Charles Omedo

Aug 27, 2014

Innovation

ESA/ESO/NASA/Hubble - Using the best space telescopes on Earth and in Space, scientists have been able to capture a rare photo of galaxies colliding and creating more stars from the massive collision. Space sci...

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