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Comet Rendezvous

November 11, 2014 By Mike Sedgwick 1 Comment

Today one of the boldest, most audacious and exacting feats of space engineering will be attempted. The European Space Agency (ESA) will attempt to land Philae, a lander module, from the Rosetta spacecraft onto a comet known as 67P Churyunov.

Rosetta has already made 3 orbits around the sun and is near to completing a fourth.

Currently it is near the orbit of Jupiter and will try to steer its lander, Philae, onto the comet which is estimated to be 4.2 Km across.

Rosetta comet philae

Even if it misses, Philae will collect unique data to help our understanding of what goes on is space.

You can follow it live at Live updates: Rosetta mission comet landing / Operations / Our Activities / ESA.

Meanwhile our daily press will continue to inform us who is blowing up whom, who is separating from their partner and which political party might get more votes in a few months’ time.

Just for a short while, let us lift our eyes to the stars and applaud those who made this achievement possible.

I see you too @philae2014! Here you are in my OSIRIS camera – legs out! #CometLanding pic.twitter.com/hmnfe2AkN2

— ESA Rosetta Mission (@ESA_Rosetta) November 12, 2014

Touchdown! My new address: 67P! #CometLanding

— Philae Lander (@Philae2014) November 12, 2014

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About Mike Sedgwick

Retired, almost. Lived in Chandler's Ford for 20 years. Like sitting in the garden with a beer on sunny days. Also reading, writing and flying a glider. Interested in promoting science.

I work hard as a Grandfather and have a part time job in Kandy, Sri Lanka for the winter months. Married to a beautiful woman and between us we have two beautiful daughters and 3 handsome sons.

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  1. Janet Williams says

    November 12, 2014 at 7:22 pm

    Thank for your this reminder. It was fascinating watching the excitement on the news this afternoon.

    Social Media has played a great role in spreading excitement and joy.

    You’re welcome to share more about science (and other topics). You seem to be able to make science less intimidating.

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