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We’ve found Philae!
After months of searching, the teams at the LAM astrophysics laboratory in Marseilles and the SONC (Science Operations and Navigation Centre) in Toulouse, working with scientists...
News Sciences General public, Institutional, Specialist public, Science and technologyJune 11, 2015 -
OSIRIS 11-cm-resolution pictures reveal comet in...
During its St Valentine’s Day flyby passing just 6 km from comet 67P’s nucleus, Rosetta’s OSIRIS-NAC narrow angle camera obtained an image with a pixel resolution of 11 cm showing...
News Sciences General public, Institutional, Specialist public, Science and technologyMarch 3, 2015 -
Jean-Yves Le Gall: “In 2015, CNES will be making...
Monday 5 January, CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall delivered his New Year wishes to members of the French and international press in the Salle de l’Espace at Paris Les Halles....
News Ariane, Observation, Sciences, Telecommunications, Defence, Institutional affairsDecember 11, 2014 -
Philae makes historic landing on comet 67P
Philae, the Rosetta mission’s lander, touched down on the nucleus of comet 67P on Wednesday 12 November at 15:34:54 UTC, 16:34:54 CET. The radio signal confirming this...
News Sciences InstitutionalNovember 12, 2014 -
Philae landing site named Agilkia
Thousands of you responded to ESA's call to find a name for Philae's landing site, initially designated ‘Site J'. It has now been named Agilkia. This name was among...
News Sciences InstitutionalNovember 4, 2014 -
CNES science review and outlook : Rosetta – ATV...
For its post-summer-recess press conference, CNES trained the spotlight on science missions to which it is contributing that have been making the news in recent months: Rosetta,...
News SciencesSeptember 18, 2014 -
The asteroid Lutetia, a small piece of Earth
A study carried out using data obtained by the ESA's Rosetta probe disclosed that the asteroid Lutetia could be a remnant of the Earth formation and could have been ejected...
News Sciences Science and technologyOctober 27, 2011