| Author (Corporate) | European Space Agency |
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| Publisher | European Space Agency |
| Series Title | Press Release |
| Series Details | 30.09.16 |
| Publication Date | 30/09/2016 |
| Content Type | News |
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ESA’s historic Rosetta mission concluded as planned on the 30 September 2016, with the controlled impact onto the comet it had been investigating for more than two years. The descent gave Rosetta the opportunity to study the comet’s gas, dust and plasma environment very close to its surface, as well as take very high-resolution images. The information collected on the descent to this fascinating region was returned to Earth before the impact. It is now no longer possible to communicate with the spacecraft. 'Thanks to a huge international, decades-long endeavour, we have achieved our mission to take a world-class science laboratory to a comet to study its evolution over time, something that no other comet-chasing mission has attempted', said Alvaro Giménez, ESA’s Director of Science. Jonathan Amos, the BBC Science correspondent, said that 'the mission is, without question, a pinnacle of achievement for the European Space Agency'. |
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| Source Link | http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Mission_complete_Rosetta_s_journey_ends_in_daring_descent_to_comet |
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| Subject Categories | Culture, Education and Research |
| Countries / Regions | Europe |
