Candidate Comet Landing Sites Identified

Source - NASA Science News for August 26, 2014

The European Space Agency's Rosetta mission has chosen five candidate landing sites on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko for its Philae lander. Philae's descent to the comet's nucleus, scheduled for this November, will be the first such landing ever attempted.

The complete article can be found here: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2014/26aug_rosetta/

New Views of the Rosetta Comet

Source - NASA Science News for July 24, 2014

As the European Space Agency's Rosetta probe approaches Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko for an August rendezvous, the comet's core is coming into sharper focus. Today ESA released a new set of images and a must-see 3D model.

The complete article can be found here: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2014/24jul_rosetta/

Mission to Land on a Comet

Source - NASA Science News for Feb. 2, 2012

Europe’s Rosetta spacecraft is en route to intercept a comet­--and to make history. In 2014, Rosetta will enter orbit around 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and land a probe on it for a front row seat as the comet heads toward the disintegrating heat of the sun.

FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/02feb_rosetta/

Below is a video version of this story which is also available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoePrO4-fGQ