Philae Lander has Woken Up


Last November a space probe named Philae landed on a comet as part of the Rosetta Mission of the European Space Agency ESA. Now after months of silence Philae has called home. The Philae lander has...

Rosetta discovers Building Blocks of Life on Comet


The Rosetta space probe landed on a comet which shows for the first time ever the visible signs of rudimentary life (building blocks of life). The host comet has a variety of prominent landscape...

Rosetta Rendezuous with Comet underway Now [Uptdate]


The Rosetta spacecraft launched in 2004 and arrives at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko today, 6 August. It is the first mission in space history to rendezvous with a comet. The idea is to  ...

Rosetta Rendezuous with Comet underway Now [Uptdate]


The Rosetta spacecraft launched in 2004 and arrives at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko today, 6 August. It is the first mission in space history to rendezvous with a comet. The idea is to  ...