Titlebook: Rosetta: The Remarkable Story of Europe‘s Comet Explorer; Peter Bond Book 2020 Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 Rosetta mission.Philae

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Landing on a Comet,Once Rosetta was safely captured by Comet 67P’s gravity, the orbiter and lander teams began to prepare for one of the most ambitious and daring phases of the entire mission: the historic landing on the icy nucleus.

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Peter BondAn essential reference on ESA’s Rosetta mission.Written in a detailed, yet accessible manner for the public.Contains striking images of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko

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Anatomy of a Mission, was fairly traditional, it being based upon the Eurostar platform used by many European communications satellites and consisting of a box-shaped central frame and aluminum honeycomb platform whose dimensions were 2.8 × 2.1 × 2.0 meters.

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The Birth of Rosetta,es and composition of these ‘cosmic icebergs’ was distinctly sketchy. Innumerable comets had been studied by ground-based observatories, but, as yet, none had been visited by spacecraft and inspected at close quarters.

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t 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.In 2014, Rosetta became the first mission to orbit a comet and to deploy a lander onto its surface. This is the story of ESA’s pioneering comet explorer, following the mission from its initial inception to its historic touchdown. .Read along as the Rosetta orbiter and its

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Book 2020rer, following the mission from its initial inception to its historic touchdown. .Read along as the Rosetta orbiter and its lander, Philae, evolve over the years, overcoming early mission hurdles before embarking on their one-way, decade-long voyage to a comet. See how the saga then culminates with

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The Birth of Rosetta,tlantic were starting to consider their next steps. This process of crystal-ball gazing came at a time when knowledge of the origin, physical properties and composition of these ‘cosmic icebergs’ was distinctly sketchy. Innumerable comets had been studied by ground-based observatories, but, as yet,

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Anatomy of a Mission, was fairly traditional, it being based upon the Eurostar platform used by many European communications satellites and consisting of a box-shaped central frame and aluminum honeycomb platform whose dimensions were 2.8 × 2.1 × 2.0 meters.