ESA Science & Technology - Display Page Content Long

Orbiter Instruments

Orbiter Instruments Introduction Rosetta is an interplanetary spacecraft whose main objective is to rendezvous with Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. In order to...

COSIMA - Cometary Secondary Ion Mass Analyser

MIDAS - Micro-Imaging Dust Analysis System

Comet 67P/C-G on 30 April 2014 - composite

Comet 67P/C-G on 23 July 2014 - NavCam

Comet 67P/C-G on 31 July 2014 - NavCam

Comet 67P/C-G on 20 August 2014 - NavCam

Comet 67P/C-G on 22 August 2014 - NavCam

Comet 67P/C-G on 2 September 2014 - NavCam image C

Comet 67P/C-G on 7 September 2014 - NavCam image C

Comet 67P/C-G on 7 September 2014 - NavCam image D

Comet 67P/C-G observed with the Very Large Telescope - 11 August 2014

Comet 67P/C-G on 10 September 2014 - NavCam image D

Comet 67P/C-G on 14 September 2014 - NavCam image C

Comet 67P/C-G on 2 October 2014 - NavCam image B

Farewell Philae - narrow-angle view

Farewell Philae - wide-angle view

Philae descending to the comet – wide-angle view

Comet panoramic image – lander orientation

Philae's first touchdown seen by Rosetta - before landing

Philae's first touchdown seen by Rosetta - after landing

Philae's descent to Comet 67P/C-G - NavCam

Comet 67P/C-G on 25 June 2016 - NavCam, enhanced

Comet 67P/C-G on 31 August 2016 - NavCam, enhanced

Comet 67P/C-G on 17 September 2016 - OSIRIS NAC

Simulation of comet 67P's water production rate - around perihelion

Part of the Imhotep region on Comet 67P/C-G - 2 July 2016

Part of the Imhotep region on Comet 67P/C-G - 3 May 2016

M. Taylor - introduction to science talks

M. Taylor - introduction to science talks Last Update: 23 September 2021

CometWatch Movie 30km - single frames [zip]

CometWatch Movie 30km - single frames [zip] Last Update: 23 September 2021

Artur Cimirro - Rosetta - noturno4.mp3

Artur Cimirro - Rosetta - noturno4.mp3 Last Update: 23 September 2021

Artur Cimirro - Rosetta - prelude3.mp3

Artur Cimirro - Rosetta - prelude3.mp3 Last Update: 23 September 2021

JB Vincente - pdf

JB Vincente - pdf Last Update: 23 September 2021

M. Taylor - closing presentation at science talks

M. Taylor - closing presentation at science talks Last Update: 23 September 2021

Rosetta press kit update - 15 October

Rosetta press kit update - 15 October Press kit updated in October for Go for landing on the primary landing site. Contents: Media services Quick reference mission facts ...

Rosetta Press Kit - Landing on a comet - 12 November 2014

Rosetta Press Kit - Landing on a comet - 12 November 2014 Last Update: 23 September 2021

CometWatch Movie 30km - montages [zip]

CometWatch Movie 30km - montages [zip] Last Update: 23 September 2021

Artur Cimirro - Rosetta - prelude2.mp3

Artur Cimirro - Rosetta - prelude2.mp3 Last Update: 23 September 2021

Thurid Mannel - pdf

Thurid Mannel - pdf Last Update: 23 September 2021

Social Media profile pics - Comet landing [zip]

Social Media profile pics - Comet landing [zip] Last Update: 23 September 2021

NavCam movie frames of comet 67P - 8 May to 22 June 2014

NavCam movie frames of comet 67P - 8 May to 22 June 2014 Last Update: 23 September 2021

Artur Cimirro - Rosetta - prelude1.mp3

Artur Cimirro - Rosetta - prelude1.mp3 Last Update: 23 September 2021

Rosetta wake-up day - streaming of press briefings

On 20 January 2014, ESA's comet-chasing Rosetta spacecraft is set to wake up from 957 days in deep-space hibernation. A day-long event will be held at ESA's European Space Operations Centre in...

Rosetta arrives at comet 67P/C-G - follow the event live

On 6 August, after a decade-long journey through space, ESA’s Rosetta will become the first spacecraft in history to rendezvous with a comet. Follow the event marking this momentous occasion at...

Comet activity 31 January – 25 March 2015

Comet activity 31 January – 25 March 2015 This page provides a link to ...

The Big Burns – Part 1

The Big Burns – Part 1 This page provides a link to http://blogs.esa.int/rosetta/2014/05/20/the-big-burns-part-1/ ...

ESAhangout: How do we journey to a comet? - Watch the replay

ESAhangout: How do we journey to a comet? - Watch the replay This page provides a link to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey0UedaFaMs ...

Name Rosetta mission's landing site - competition closed

Name Rosetta mission's landing site - competition closed The competition to name Rosetta's landing site has now closed. Thank you to all who...

Rosetta's Last Images

Rosetta's Last Images Rosetta completed its historic mission at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko with a controlled descent to the comet's surface. In the evening of 29 September 2016,...

Philae touchdown sites in context

Philae's second touchdown site discovered at 'skull-top' ridge

After years of detective work, the second touchdown site of Rosetta's Philae lander has been located on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in a site that resembles the shape of a skull. Philae left...

Philae creates eye of the skull

How Philae left its mark during touchdown two

Where is 'skull face'?

ESA_Rosetta_67P_Philae_Where-is-the-skull_432.mp4

Added 20201027 - for video 2325579 - Copyright: Images: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA; Analysis: O'Rourke et al. (2020)

Download ESA_Rosetta_67P_Philae_Where-is-the-skull_432.mp4 (4.4MB)

How Philae arrived at 'skull face'

ESA_Rosetta_67P_Philae_Where-is-the-skull_1k.mp4

Added 20201027 - for video 2325579 - Copyright: Images: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA; Analysis: O'Rourke et al. (2020)

Download ESA_Rosetta_67P_Philae_Where-is-the-skull_1k.mp4 (15.9MB)

ESA_Rosetta_67P_How-Philae-arrived-at-Skull_768.mp4

Added 20201027 - for video 2326805 - Copyright: Images: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA; Analysis: O'Rourke et al. (2020)

Download ESA_Rosetta_67P_How-Philae-arrived-at-Skull_768.mp4 (3.7MB)

Flight over Abydos valley

Rosetta_67P_Philae_touchdown-two_flyover_768x432.mp4

Added 20201028 - for video 2326974 - Copyright: Video prepared by and music composed by Gerhard Paar (Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH); Analysis: O'Rourke et al. (2020)

Download Rosetta_67P_Philae_touchdown-two_flyover_768x432.mp4 (6.5MB)

Philae's dance at touchdown two

A light shining in the darkness

ESA_Rosetta_67P_Philae-dance-at-TD2.mp4

Added 20201027 - for video 2325304

Download ESA_Rosetta_67P_Philae-dance-at-TD2.mp4 (2.9MB)

ESA_Rosetta_67P_Philae_Where-is-the-skull_2k.mp4

Added 20201027 - for video 2325579 - Copyright: Images: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA; Analysis: O'Rourke et al. (2020)

Download ESA_Rosetta_67P_Philae_Where-is-the-skull_2k.mp4 (37.5MB)

ESA_Rosetta_67P_How-Philae-arrived-at-Skull_2k.mp4

Added 20201027 - for video 2326805 - Copyright: Images: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA; Analysis: O'Rourke et al. (2020)

Download ESA_Rosetta_67P_How-Philae-arrived-at-Skull_2k.mp4 (28.6MB)

ESA_Rosetta_67P_How-Philae-arrived-at-Skull_1k.mp4

Added 20201027 - for video 2326805 - Copyright: Images: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA; Analysis: O'Rourke et al. (2020)

Download ESA_Rosetta_67P_How-Philae-arrived-at-Skull_1k.mp4 (12.8MB)

ESA_Rosetta_67P_Philae_touchdown-two_flyover_1920x1080.mp4

Added 20201028 - for video 2326974 - Copyright: Video prepared by and music composed by Gerhard Paar (Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH); Analysis: O'Rourke et al. (2020)

Download ESA_Rosetta_67P_Philae_touchdown-two_flyover_1920x1080.mp4 (51.9MB)