Rosetta Comet chaser starts observations with NASA instruments

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The European Space Agency's (ESA) Rosetta spacecraft, which back in January awoke from 957 days hibernation on its way to rendezvous with comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, has now started its first instrument observations. Included in these instruments are three NASA science packages; MIRO, ALICE, and IES, all of which have started sending science data back to Earth... Continue Reading Rosetta Comet chaser starts observations with NASA instruments

Section: Space

Tags: Comets, ESA, JPL, NASA, Rosetta, Solar System, Spacecraft

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