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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."

3 of 68 comments (clear)

  1. "Rossetta"? by Tar-Palantir · · Score: 5, Informative

    Editors, please... the name of the probe is "Rosetta" (as in the famous stone).

  2. comet linear? by hkfczrqj · · Score: 5, Informative

    It has currently made observations of Comet C/2002 T7, or Comet Linear.

    It's not THE Comet Linear, it's just another comet found with the LINEAR research program.

  3. Re:Did they lower the bar? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Really the Beagle debacle was a ESA fiasco but only in the Public Relations department. Beagle was not a ESA project, it was a english project that the ESA accept to transport to Mars. A big mistake in my opinion, because the people (like the parent post) now associate Beagle with ESA.

    Well, I suppose they have learnt the lesson.