Philae Comet Lander Awakes from Hibernation - Rosetta Mission

Philae Comet Lander Awakes from Hibernation - Rosetta Mission

Rosetta mission: Philae comet lander 'ready for
operations' after first contact in 7 months
The Independent, June 14, 2015
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/rosetta-mission-philae-comet-lander-wakes-and-contacts-earth-10318822.html

Philae Comet Lander Awakes from Hibernation
European Space Agency, June 14, 2015
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Rosetta_s_lander_Philae_wakes_up_from_hibernation

Yours,

Paul H.

Rosetta gravity assist flyby

Paul bristolia at yahoo.com
Mon Nov 12 16:18:54 EST 2007

Sterling K. Webb wrote:


>There's something re-assuring about the notion

>that we could detect a "potential impactor,"

>even if we didn't immediately recognize that

>it's one of ours!


There is a discussion, which expresses similar
thoughts, of Rosetta, AKA "2007 VN84", in:

That's no near-Earth object, it's a spaceship
By Emily Lakdawalla, Nov. 9, 2007, http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00001227/

Yours,

Paul H.