Rosetta Mission (Comet Landing)

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The image shows comet 67P/CG acquired by the ROLIS instrument on the Philae lander during descent on Nov 12, 2014 14:38:41 UT from a distance of approximately 3 km from the surface. The landing site is imaged with a resolution of about 3m per pixel.
The ROLIS instrument is a down-looking imager that acquires images during the descent and doubles as a multispectral close-up camera after the landing. The aim of the ROLIS experiment is to study the texture and microstructure of the comet's surface.
ROLIS (ROsetta Lander Imaging System) is a descent and close-up camera on the Philae Lander. It has been developed by the DLR Institute of Planetary Research, Berlin.
The lander separated from the orbiter at 09:03 GMT (10:03 CET) and touched down on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko seven hours later.

Overview of mission: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/cosmic-1st-european-spacecraft-lands-on-comet/ar-AA7HXAy

Pics: https://www.flickr.com/photos/europeanspaceagency/

Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/ESA_Rosetta

Live feed: http://new.livestream.com/ESA/cometlanding
 

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