The unmanned probe Rosetta will release the 100-kilogram lander Philae, shown in this artist's conception, at 0835 GMT (3:35 ET) on Nov. 12. (J. Huart/ESA; ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD ...

Philae separated from Rosetta at a speed of approximately 18 centimetres per second, descending towards the comet for about seven hours. Philae hit the targeted landing site very precisely at a speed ...

Rosetta arrived at the comet on 6 August 2014, and the race was immediately on to find a suitable landing site for its lander Philae. The site needed to offer a balance of safety and unique ...

Since ESA's space probe Rosetta arrived at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in August, the scientific camera system OSIRIS has mapped most of its surface revealing stunning structures such as steep ...

The mission consisted of the Rosetta orbiter and the Philae ... with the help of a few planet swing-bys, arrived at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on 6 August 2014. DLR played a major role in the ...

The European Space Agency released the first images of Philae's bumpy landing today. Orbiting spacecraft Rosetta captured the lander drifting across the surface of Comet 67P for half an hour until ...

Artist's impression of Rosetta spacecraft shortly before ... such as getting a spacecraft into orbit around a comet and the unprecedented landing of a probe on the surface. A handful of previous ...

Oxygen discovered on Rosetta comet, stunning scientists ...

Even in the Rosetta's final hours, the European Space Agency will steer the probe so it can take unprecedented close-up images of the comet This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article ...