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Rosetta awakes from hibernation for asteroid encounter
Paris, France - Launched in March 2004, Rosetta will reach its final destination only in 2014
Spacecraft controllers have just awoken Rosetta from hibernation to prepare for its encounter with asteroid (2867) Steins on 5 September. ESA's comet chaser will study the relatively rare asteroid as it flies by on its way to comet 67/P Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Launched in March 2004, Rosetta will reach its final destination only in 2014, after travelling a total of about 6500 million km. The distance...
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1092071
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency