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ESA's Rosetta Probe Passed 1st Test

Posted by Hemos on from the collecting-the-data dept.

be_stress writes "The BBC are reporting that ESA's Rosetta Probe has passed the first phase of its mission. It has currently made observations of Comet C/2002 T7. This is just the first part of a much bigger mission to intercept Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and release a probe to study the chemistry of the comet. The Rosetta probe will enter a quiet 'cruise-mode' until September, when th second stage of commissioning will commence."

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  1. Yikes! Heavy Traffic! by AndroidCat · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Initially it sounded like the probe was in comet rush-hour traffic: making observations of one comet, zipping over to another one to get samples... However I relaxed when I saw that it was making observations from 95 million km away. (The Moon is roughly 380,000 km away.)

    Cancel that call to Bruce Willis!

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