Europe's Rosetta probe goes into orbit around comet 67P
Source: BBC
Europe's Rosetta probe has arrived at a comet after a 10-year chase.
In a first for space history, the spacecraft was manoeuvred alongside a speeding body to begin mapping its surface in detail.
The spacecraft fired its thrusters for six and a half minutes to finally catch up with comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
"We're at the comet!" said Sylvain Lodiot of the European Space Agency (Esa) operations centre in Germany.
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-28659783
jakeXT
(10,575 posts)longship
(40,416 posts)With a great science Blog post link from Emily Lakdawalla.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025343908
R&K
Ghost Dog
(16,881 posts)from now until October to settle into the definitive orbit:
Judi Lynn
(160,586 posts)Skidmore
(37,364 posts)CTyankee
(63,912 posts)the entire iteration is just amazing...I am speechless in wonder at this team to do this...