ESA Rosetta reaches its nominal end of the mission after giving us the answers about the Solar System origin and one big space surpriseAge: 9 months
Sealed in 04 November 2014 16:51:17
Opened at: 12 August 2015 07:30:00
My prediction is: Rosseta's Philae will successfully test the comet's ice and will find a new unknown physical state of the water.
ESA's schedule is: On 6 August 2014, the Rosetta mission achieved a significant milestone by becoming the first mission to rendezvous with a comet. During the coming months, Rosetta will orbit the comet, deploy the Philae lander (in November 2014), and accompany the comet through perihelion (August 2015) until the nominal end of the mission. During its 10 year journey towards comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, the spacecraft has passed by two asteroids: 2867 Steins (in 2008) and 21 Lutetia (in 2010). The spacecraft entered deep-space hibernation mode in June 2011, and 'woke up' on 20 January 2014.
Source: http://sci.esa.int/rosetta/
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