The ESA’s 5th Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) is set for docking with the ISS on 12 Aug 15:30 CEST after three small burns. The Georges Lemaître, named after the Belgian priest and astronomer will be the final ATV mission.
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Monthly Archives: August 2014
10 year chase!
Here’s a cool gif of Rosetta approaching Comet 67P. It blows my mind that it took ten years to stalk down this comet. That’s commitment! The whole project goes even farther back. Apparently the scientists who accomplished this started throwing around this idea Continue reading
Rosetta Reaches Comet
The ESAs Rosetta probe has become the first Human probe to achieve an encounter of a comet. The comet, currently 55 million kilometers away from Earth, 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko took 10 years for Rosetta to reach. Rosetta is now in an orbit, mapping 67P and will launch the Philae lander onto the comet in November. It will follow the comet for 15 months, as the comet reaches its Periapsis with the sun.
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