Rosetta: Firing harpoons in space. ESA/ATG medialab By Alan Fitzsimmons, Queen's University Belfast The first attempted landing on the surface of a comet is a huge landmark in the history of space exploration that will not only uncover further detail ...

Article - The Conversation - Nov 11 2014 - 4:22pm

Rosetta’s Philae Probe Lands On Comet 67P- Holds On For Dear Life?

Hey, does anyone want this comet? For the first time, mankind has successfully landed on a comet- a journey over 10 years in the making. After a seven-hour final descent, Rosetta’s Philae probe signaled from the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko a ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 12 2014 - 2:01pm

Poland Aims for the Stars as the Country Hosts Space Industry Conference

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Blog Post - Tomasz Nowakowski - Nov 12 2014 - 6:51pm

Rosetta’s Philae, The Good And The Bad

Most of the world that has access to the Internet knows two things about the Rosetta mission- it landed on a comet and a European engineer wore an ugly shirt that offended a lot of American women on Twitter. The least interesting news is that the ESA now k ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Nov 14 2014 - 1:18pm

Scientist At Work: The Day After Philae Landed

Hang on? Oh, there you are… ESA, Author provided By Monica Grady, The Open University Phew, what a day it was yesterday. Ended up having a quiet drink at the hotel. Last drink of the day – a nice cup of tea! ...

Article - The Conversation - Nov 14 2014 - 2:17pm