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Unique use of ESA spacecraft ‘housekeeping’ data...
Using data originally gathered for spacecraft ‘housekeeping’ aboard ESA’s Rosetta and Mars Express missions, scientists have revealed how intense bursts of high-energy radiation,...
News SciencesJune 28, 2021 -
Mapping the cosmic journey of phosphorus with...
Astronomers using the combined powers of ESA’s Rosetta mission and the ground-based Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have traced the journey of phosphorus – one...
News SciencesFebruary 3, 2020 -
Interview: Comet Dust in Earth’s Atmosphere
Even after its mission ended, the Rosetta probe is still teaching us a lot about comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. On 9th June, Bernard Marty from the Centre de recherches...
News SciencesJune 12, 2017 -
New results from Rosetta raise questions about...
The ROSINA mass spectrometer from the Rosetta mission isn’t quite finished with its discoveries: according to new results, the prominent theory on comet formation may have been...
News SciencesMay 23, 2017 -
CNESMAG 71 - Rosetta-Philae, the adventure...
For certain, the Rosetta mission that ended last September with the orbiter impacting the nucleus of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko after a controlled descent will mark the...
News Institutional affairs InstitutionalFebruary 6, 2017 -
Press Release: International Symposium Comets in...
The international symposium on ‘Comets: A New Vision after Rosetta-Philae’ is being held from Monday 14 to Friday 18 November at the Musée des Abattoirs in Toulouse, organized by...
News SciencesNovember 15, 2016 -
Press Release: So long, Rosetta!
All good things must come to an end, including space missions… Rosetta, Europe’s favourite space mission that has been making headlines since 2004, bowed out today in a moment of...
News SciencesSeptember 30, 2016 -
Press Release: CNES’s Science Programmes...
CNES’s Science Programmes Committee (CPS) met on Wednesday 21 September at the agency’s Head Office in Paris Les Halles. The committee’s chief purpose is to advise the CNES Board...
News SciencesSeptember 22, 2016 -
Rosetta severs link with Philae
The Electrical Support System (ESS) through which the Rosetta orbiter has been listening out for Philae will be turned off Wednesday 27 July at 11 a.m. CEST. The remaining supply...
News Sciences General public, Institutional, Specialist public, Science and technologyJuly 27, 2016 -
Still a slim chance of restoring contact with...
Although Philae remains a castaway on its comet more than 200 million km from Earth, there is still a chance that contact with ESA’s Rosetta mission lander might be restored.
News Sciences General public, Institutional, Specialist public, Teachers and educatorsFebruary 12, 2016 -
Chances of restoring contact with Philae fade
There’s still no response from Philae after ESA recently commanded its reaction wheel to spin in an attempt to move the lander.
News Sciences General public, Institutional, Specialist public, Science and technologyJanuary 14, 2016 -
The water-ice cycle on the comet "Tchouri...
From data supplied by ESA's probe Rosetta about 67P/Tchourioumov-Guerassimenko comet, scientists bring the first observational proof of an existing daily cycle of water-ice...
News Sciences Specialist public, Science and technologyOctober 8, 2015 -
Rosetta - Over a year with a comet
On 13 August, comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko reaches perihelion, the closest point on its elliptical orbit to the Sun. The Rosetta spacecraft has been escorting it since 6 August...
News SciencesAugust 12, 2015 -
Philae and Rosetta communicate for 20 minutes
This confirmed link comes as excellent news in Philae’s evolving mission, which is hotting up as comet Churyumov–Gerasimenko approaches perihelion (its closest point to the Sun,...
News SciencesJuly 10, 2015 -
Rosetta mission extended 9 months
ESA has confirmed the extension of the Rosetta mission for 9 months until September 2016. The orbiter’s trajectory could also be altered to set it down on the surface of comet 67P...
News Sciences General public, Institutional, Specialist public, Science and technologyJune 23, 2015 -
“We need Philae to learn more about the origins...
Francis Rocard, in charge of solar system exploration programmes at CNES, reacts to the news that contact has been regained with Philae.
News Sciences General public, Institutional, Specialist public, Press, Science and technologyJune 18, 2015 -
“I was the lucky one to see Philae wake up on my...
Philippe Gaudon, Rosetta mission project leader at CNES, tells us how he saw Philae wake up on his laptop screen on the evening of Saturday 13 June...
News Sciences General public, Institutional, Specialist public, Science and technologyJune 16, 2015 -
Philae phones home
After 211 days of radio silence, a signal from Philae was received on Earth on Saturday 13 June at 22:28 CET. According to Stephan Ulamec, Philae Project Manager at the German...
News Sciences General public, Institutional, Specialist public, Science and technologyJune 15, 2015
