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Airplanes and space. Rosetta towards first landing on a comet

Rome, Italy - The space probe lander will release a lander on the comet that will reveal secrets on the origin of the Universe

Tomorrow, Wednesday November 12, the Rosetta space probe, developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) and launched in 2004, will perform the first landing of history on a comet. The lander Philae will start separation at 8:35 am GMT and will begin its descent to the surface of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Landing is expected seven hours later, around 4:00 pm GMT. The mission will study the structure...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1164058
Rome, Italy, 11/11/2014 18:20
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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