Tag Archives: ESA
#WakeUpRosetta – there’s still time!
In my last blog post (“Coming out of the cold”) I talked a bit about how the Rosetta spacecraft, still slumbering in deep space hibernation, will wake up. It’s a relatively well-known spacecraft, having been launched in 2004. Although we haven’t … Continue reading
“Wake up, Rosetta!” – coming out of the cold
It’s been a cold couple of years for Rosetta – launched in 2004, the ESA satellite has been racing around the Solar System in every increasing circles, gaining energy and speed from gravity assist flybys of the Earth (3 times!) … Continue reading
Cometary nuclei and granular material
One of my current research interests is in low gravity regoliths, and in particular the dynamics of ice and dust particles in the upper layers of a cometary nucleus. One of the main reasons for this is preparation for the … Continue reading
Nice video summary of the Rosetta mission
Although Rosetta is primarily a European Space Agency mission, it also has US involvement, and NASA has recently released a nice video about the encounter: As the video says, the spacecraft, lander and all instruments are currently in hibernation, since … Continue reading