The Roseta was a space probe built o study the comet 67P/Churyumov- Gerasimenko with a module for orbitng and landing caled Philae. This robot was
launched by the European Space Agency and it launched Roseta in March of
204. It ok the rocket en years to reach the comet after being launched from
French Guiana on march 2, 204. but it also became the first o circle or orbit a
comet. This was a signifcant achievement because up until then, other ockets
had only ben able to fly by or close to the comets. In this case, the mision was
acomplished when Roseta was the first o reach, orbit and perform a controled
landing land on the comet nucleus. The comet, 67P/ Churyumov-Gerasimenko
was named after its rusian discoverers, astronomers Ivanovych …show more content…
European Space Agency, or ESA, owner and operator of over 200 space misions
launched the spaceship which was made up of two very important parts: Roseta,
the space orbiter and probe and the Philae "the robotic lander". Each in itself was
made up of diferent instruments. The Roseta consisted of twelve instruments
and the Philae of nine. The Roseta wil orbit 67P for 17 months and the mision
is to complete a detailed study of the comet, something that has not ben tried
before. The ESA wil control the spacecraft from its Germany center ESOC
(European Space Operations Centre) in Darmstad, Germany. However, scientifc
data, filng and interpretation of the information wil take place in the European
Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC) near Madrid, Spain.
Since its landing, the Philae, whose objective was to transmit data from the
surface of the comet, has transfered data about he molecular and mineralogical
compositon as wel as surface images. These are the first images ever obtained of
a comet's surface.
In the world of robotic space probes there are "impactors" and …show more content…
Hence, many of the pictures
of comet flybys, like Mars, were never taken because the cameras on the Roseta
were of and some computers were ofline.
The scientifc goals of the mision, aside from landing on the surface of a comet,
which is impresive in itself since it had never ben done before, was to gather as
much information (data) as posible on the elements and minerological,
molecular and isotopic compositon of the material on the comet. Just as
important was the retrieval of physical properties and characterizations of the
comet's surface and its subsurface. Not o mention the structure and magnetic
and plasma environment of the nucleus.
Upon inspection of the magnetic field it was discovered that he comet oscilates
at such a sped (40-50miliherts) that when scientists manipulated the sped, it
was posible to hear a signal which sounded like a song. Unusual, as far as Iknow,
for sound to be present in space. Knowledge that we have learned from this
mision? Just last wek, on November 18th, large bodies of water and ice were
discovered by Philae. As a mater of act, after driling dep into the surface of
launched by the European Space Agency and it launched Roseta in March of
204. It ok the rocket en years to reach the comet after being launched from
French Guiana on march 2, 204. but it also became the first o circle or orbit a
comet. This was a signifcant achievement because up until then, other ockets
had only ben able to fly by or close to the comets. In this case, the mision was
acomplished when Roseta was the first o reach, orbit and perform a controled
landing land on the comet nucleus. The comet, 67P/ Churyumov-Gerasimenko
was named after its rusian discoverers, astronomers Ivanovych …show more content…
European Space Agency, or ESA, owner and operator of over 200 space misions
launched the spaceship which was made up of two very important parts: Roseta,
the space orbiter and probe and the Philae "the robotic lander". Each in itself was
made up of diferent instruments. The Roseta consisted of twelve instruments
and the Philae of nine. The Roseta wil orbit 67P for 17 months and the mision
is to complete a detailed study of the comet, something that has not ben tried
before. The ESA wil control the spacecraft from its Germany center ESOC
(European Space Operations Centre) in Darmstad, Germany. However, scientifc
data, filng and interpretation of the information wil take place in the European
Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC) near Madrid, Spain.
Since its landing, the Philae, whose objective was to transmit data from the
surface of the comet, has transfered data about he molecular and mineralogical
compositon as wel as surface images. These are the first images ever obtained of
a comet's surface.
In the world of robotic space probes there are "impactors" and …show more content…
Hence, many of the pictures
of comet flybys, like Mars, were never taken because the cameras on the Roseta
were of and some computers were ofline.
The scientifc goals of the mision, aside from landing on the surface of a comet,
which is impresive in itself since it had never ben done before, was to gather as
much information (data) as posible on the elements and minerological,
molecular and isotopic compositon of the material on the comet. Just as
important was the retrieval of physical properties and characterizations of the
comet's surface and its subsurface. Not o mention the structure and magnetic
and plasma environment of the nucleus.
Upon inspection of the magnetic field it was discovered that he comet oscilates
at such a sped (40-50miliherts) that when scientists manipulated the sped, it
was posible to hear a signal which sounded like a song. Unusual, as far as Iknow,
for sound to be present in space. Knowledge that we have learned from this
mision? Just last wek, on November 18th, large bodies of water and ice were
discovered by Philae. As a mater of act, after driling dep into the surface of