ESA Space Probe "Rosetta" Has Reached Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

[str8up]

"Rosetta launched in 2004 and will arrive at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on 6 August. It will be the first mission in history to rendezvous with a comet, escort it as it orbits the Sun, and deploy a lander to its surface. Rosetta is an ESA mission with contributions from its member states and NASA. Rosetta's Philae lander is provided by a consortium led by DLR, MPS, CNES and ASI."

http://rosetta.esa.int/

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Here is a video that shows Rosetta's journey from 2004 to present



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[Leasy]

Amazing technology and achievement. I wonder can NASA can probably use the speed of comets to travel faster through the solar system.

 

[str8up]

Here is a video showing how the probe will orbit the comet

 

[Hawaiian Punch]

Yea I been following them on twitter. Exciting times indeed.

 

[str8up]

The big one in the center is a 300 meter mountain (~980 ft)

 

[tmonster]

The big one in the center is a 300 meter mountain (~980 ft)

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[str8up]

Here's some new images

Spoiler

 

[Heretic]

Damn I love stuff like this

 

[Type Username Here]

Here is a video showing how the probe will orbit the comet

That shyt was calculated over 10 years ago and is being executed almost to perfect precision based on calculations.

Math, Physics, Engineering and Programming

That thing was sent 10 fukking years ago, traveled nearly 4 billion miles, including 3 orbits around the Earth and one around Mars to allow it to reach a proper speed to rendezvous. Can you imagine what our ancestors would say to something like this?

 

[Black White Sox Hat]

How big is it?

I've seen a lot of videos on youtube saying there are ufos and buildings on it.I can't even find any good informative videos about it because of all that bullish*t on there.

 

[ExodusNirvana]

That thing was sent 10 fukking years ago, traveled nearly 4 billion miles, including 3 orbits around the Earth and one around Mars to allow it to reach a proper speed to rendezvous. Can you imagine what our ancestors would say to something like this?

Kill everyone and anyone associated with this affront to [God or Gods] lest we be punished with droughts or famine for our audacity.

 

[str8up]

I forgot about this thread so I am a little late in posting these but here are some of the newest photos

Here you can see dunes on the surface

Here is the same image but with shyt for scale to get a grip on the size

Here is an album of a bunch of the newest ones from the past day

 

[str8up]

Will be landing on Nov. 12, so I will be update the thread then for sure if I forget to if new images come out in the days before

 

[Type Username Here]

Good shyt @Jake

 

[str8up]