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Coverage of the Rosetta mission as she makes a series of complex gravity assist manoeuvres around Earth (Mar 2005, Nov 2007, Nov 2009) and Mars (Feb 2007), plus the exciting encounters with Asteroids Steins (Sep 2008) and Lutetia (Jul 2010). News and updates from the Rosetta Dedicated Control Room at ESOC, ESA's European Space Operations Centre, Darmstadt, Germany.



  • ScienceCasts: Mission to Land on a Comet
    Is this cool, or what!

    Europe's Rosetta spacecraft is en route to intercept a comet-- and to make history. In 2014, Rosetta will enter orbit around 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and land a probe on it for a front row seat as the comet heads toward the sun. Many thanks to our NASA colleauges for a cool video! 



  • REPLAY Webcast: 25 years of comet science from ESA/ESOC 15 June 16:30-17:30 CEST
    A retrospective of ESA's historic Giotto mission with highlights of past comet science and featuring Rosetta and its ambitious goal to land on a comet in 2014.

     

    Watch live streaming video from eurospaceagency at livestream.com

     

    Presenters include the ESA Director of Science and Robotic Exploration, Alvaro Gimenez, the ESA Director of Human Spaceflight and Operations, Thomas Reiter, former ESA Director of Science and Robotic Exploration, David Southwood, as well as leading Solar System and planetary scientists, including Roger Bonnet, Executive Director of the International Space Science Institute, Uwe Keller, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Gerhard Schwehm, ESA's Rosetta Mission Manager, Rita Schulz, ESA's Rosetta Project Scientist, and Anny-Chantal Levasseur-Regourd, Giotto OPE Principal Investigator from UPMC/CNRS, Paris.

  • Cool Comet campaign: Top 5 and grand winner

    The listing of our Top Five entries in the Cool Comet campaign!

    #coolcomet 4th place @Axpere: Rare Opportunity to See Extraterrestrial & Truly Tremendous Article. Entrance to dreamworld http://twitpic.com/55xh4q

    Image credit: @Axpere via Twitpic - click for full size

    Our sincere thanks to all who took part. Judging was very difficult! The complete listing of submisisons is available via TwapperKeeper or here in the blog.

    And the Top Five are... 

    GRAND PRIZE WINNER! 

    @lilla71

    Il simbolo di una bellezza tanto stupefacente quanto fugace che vorresti imprigionare nello spazio e nel tempo

    Symbols of a beauty as amazing as fleeting, that you would like to capture in space and time

    Top Places - 2nd thru 5th

    @JPMajor

    Why are comets cool? They're cold as ice, dirty as heck and still think tails are fashionable.

    @alessandrocumbo

    Rosetta dimostra che le distanze risiedono solo nelle menti ottuse degli uomini, il viaggio è cambiare angolo visivo.

    Rosetta shows that distances are only limited by the human mind. Journey enables changing your view angle.

    @Axpere

    Rare Opportunity (to) See Extraterrestrial (&) Truly Tremendous Article. Entrance to dreamworld is #coolcomet http://twitpic.com/55xh4q

    @CometsAhoy

    Wondrous marvels, lovely sights / Glowing softly in the night / Bearing ancient molecules / Comets really are so cool / #coolcomet


  • Cool comet submissions: Honourable mentions & Made us chuckle

    This view of Comet Halley's nucleus was obtained by the Halley Multicolour Camera (HMC) on board the Giotto spacecraft, as it passed within 600 km of the comet nucleus on 13 March 1986. Credit: ESA/MPI

     

    {{Final winners and Top 5 to be posted shortly}} 

    A listing of all #coolcomet Twitter campaign entries ranked by the judges in the 'Honourable mention' and 'Made us chuckle' categories (note 'very rough' EN translation for any entries not in English).

    Access details on the campaign via: Take Part in ESA's Cool Comet Campaign 

    Bravo and well done to all those listed below!!!

    • @kristin_365
    • @Jrmluque
    • @M__Lopez
    • @BuddyWolly
    • @magisstra
    • @Johnny_Proxy
    • @ELDNAstronomy
    • @AngusMcLulz
    • @diolor
    • @EPenguin
    • @cifvts
    • @LiiveToWiin

    Click on Full story to read Tweets... 

    (Click on Twitter name to access respective Twitter accounts...)  


    Honourable mention


    @kristin_365

    porque son los viajeros del Sistema Solar, han estado en sitios que nosotros jamás seremos capaces de ver, ni imaginar

    because they are the travelers of the Solar System, they have been in places we will never be able to see, or imagine

     


    @Jrmluque

    We have more questions than answers about comets. #coolcomet

     


    @M__Lopez

    me gusta pensar que es material que sublima al llegar cerca del sol, para dejarse ver… SUBLIME!

    I like to think they are made of material that sublimes when approaches the Sun, to make itself visible… SUBLIME!

     


    @BuddyWolly

    From doomsday messengers to possible bringers of life: Comets - Brought to you by scientific advancement. #coolcomet

     


    @magisstra

    Comets #coolcomet are one of the most spectacular sky objects and their stories are special. Don’t believe it? http://t.co/3czmstG

     


    @Johnny_Proxy

    An asteroid with a tail has a magnificient tale to tell. Long or short... period. Listen to the COMET! #coolcomet #ESA 

     

     

     


    Made us chuckle

     

    @ELDNAstronomy

    I beg ur pardon, i never promised u a ROSETTA garden, along with the sunshine, theres got to be a little space sleep sometimes #coolcomet

    @AngusMcLulz

    hey @ESA_de kommt ihr den #coolcomet gewinner mit dem ATV abholen?!? =D

    hey @ESA_de will you fetch the #coolcomet winner with the ATV?!? =D

    @diolor

    #coolcomet Ένας κομήτης που πέφτει είναι όμορφος όπως ένα γρήγορο αμάξι.Όμως το δεύτερο μόνο θα θελα να δω παρκαρισμένο έξω από το σπίτι μου

    #coolcomet A comet passing by is as beautiful as a fast car. But I would like to see only the latter parked outside my house.

    @EPenguin

    #coolcomet Why are comets cool? Because they Oort to be! Tom & Dan from Mars Express

    @cifvts

    #coolcomet "I'm a comet and nobody can stop me! Gotta go, see you in a bit". I really hope to see you again :)

    @LiiveToWiin

    #coolcomet Kometen sind die größten Kunstwerke, die je entstanden sind! Da Vinci bekäme bei ihrem Anblick sicherlich Minderwer.komplexe!!

    #coolcomet Comets are the biggest works of art ever! Da Vinci would certainly get inferiority complexes when looking at them!!

     


    The complete listing of submitted tweets is available here:
    http://twapperkeeper.com/hashtag/coolcomet

     

    Thank you to all who took part!



  • Rosetta asleep until 2014

    Rosetta entered hibernation at 16:13 CEST today, the moment that ESA & NASA ground stations in Australia lost the probe's radio signal, as planned. Full article in the main ESA website here: http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Operations/SEM38RJ4LOG_0.html

    Happiness after final command sent!

    In the image below, Rosetta Operations Manager Andrea Accomazzo gestures happily in the Rosetta control room at ESOC today, just moments after the final command was sent to Rosetta to trigger a 31-month hibernation until January 2014.

     

    Operations manager Andrea Accomazzo gestures happily in the Rosetta control room at ESOC today, just moments after the final command was sent to Rosetta to trigger a 31-month hibernation until January 2014. Credit: ESA 

     

     




 
 
 
 
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