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Flight director explains how Rosetta will descend to the comet’s surface

29 September 2016 Astronomy Now

Rosetta flight director Andrea Accomazzo tells us in this video interview how the Rosetta spacecraft will make its final plunge towards the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.

Philae returns all stored science data before falling silent

15 November 2014 William Harwood

Europe’s Philae lander transmitted all its stored science data from the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko before falling silent as battery power failed.