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Šteins Flyby Animated

Saturday, September 6th, 2008

steins_-_the_movie_v3 [AVI video]
Credits: ESA ©2008 MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPM/LAM/IAA/RSSD/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA – “An animation of the closest approach of Rosetta to asteroid Steins“. AVI format, 3014 kb.
Along with first images, anaglyphs and initial data results from Rosetta’s successful flyby of Asteroid (2867) Šteins, mission team members put together an animation of the flyby.
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Šteins Up Close

Saturday, September 6th, 2008

Hours after its successful flyby of “the jewel of the solar system”, the robotic traveler Rosetta continues to return data from the encounter. From a point of light discovered in 1969 into a world of new vistas, here is Asteroid (2867) Šteins:

Credits: ESA ©2008 MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPM/LAM/IAA/RSSD/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA – Cutout of “Asteroid Steins [...]


Asteroid (2867) Šteins Flyby Coming

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

Credit: ESA TV – “Rosetta spacecraft meets asteroid Steins“
Rosetta, the European Space Agency (ESA) spacecraft on its way to orbit and deploy a lander on a comet, is now approaching Asteroid (2867) Šteins. The flyby will bring the spacecraft within 800 km of Šteins on Friday evening, September 5, 2008. The ESA will provide [...]


Dawn Launch Coverage

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

[Launch Coverage] | [Commentary]
2:10 AM PST
Too early! But despite the small hours of the morning here I am very excited for the big launch of the Dawn spacecraft planned for this morning. NASA TV playing in Windows Media Player, the oven heating for some waffles, and a groggy yet excited brain…here we go!
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Dawn Prepares for Launch

Sunday, September 23rd, 2007

Despite a 24-hour delay, preparations continue for the launch later this week of the Dawn spacecraft to explore two members of the Asteroid Belt. Dawn is now scheduled to be launched between 7:25 and 7:54 AM EDT on Thursday, September 27, 2007 after weather today interrupted the planned completion of launch vehicle fueling. [...]


Stardust Returning

Sunday, January 15th, 2006

The first mission to return cometary material to the Earth is now in its final hours of the mission. The Stardust spacecraft, visitor to Asteroid 5535 Annefrank and Comet Wild 2, crossed the [...]