Monday 5 September 2016

Bouncing on an Asteroid, in Search of the Solar System’s Roots

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The NASA robotic spacecraft Osiris-Rex, to be launched Thursday, will chase down Bennu, and then in 2020 will act like a pogo stick and gather a sample on the surface.
via New York Times

Osiris-Rex: Chasing Asteroid Bennu

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NASA’s Osiris-Rex spacecraft will hunt down an asteroid and return a sample to Earth.
via New York Times

No Longer Missing: Rosetta’s Philae Spacecraft Located on Comet

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Scientists have found the space lander, which disappeared in 2014 after a rough landing on the surface of a comet.
via New York Times

Philae found!

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Rosetta's Philae lander is revealed in new images of the comet
via ESA Space Science
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Philae_found

Romania's flag raised at CERN

Philae found!

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Less than a month before the end of the mission, Rosetta’s high-resolution camera has revealed the Philae lander wedged into a dark crack on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.


via ESA Space Science
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Philae_found

Spiral Meteor through the Heart Nebula

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