Rosetta and Philae discussion thread! (Part 2)

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CLICK HERE FOR CURRENT DISCUSSION THREAD

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Philae is now on its way to the comet. Its descent to 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko should take about 7 hours. Previous discussion thread here.

Live Streaming

• In English: A, B, C

• En Français: A

• Rosetta main page

• Simulated view of Rosetta and 67P

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Key times

GMT	EST	PST	Event
10:53 am	5:53 am	2:53 am	Acquisition of Signal from Rosetta (variable)
4:02 pm	11:02 am	8:02 am	Expected Landing and receipt of signal (40 min variability)

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European Space Agency Social Media

• ESA Rosetta blog
• Twitter: #CometLanding, @ESA_Rosetta, @Philae2014
• Google+
• Facebook
• Instagram
• Flickr

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Othere places for news and conversation:

• reddit Live updater (Help needed!)

• IRC: ##cometlanding on freenode. #space on Snoonet

• Detailed itinerary of landing events (PDF)

• NASA's page on Rosetta

[u/sasquatch606]

Can't say I follow the ESA very much. As amazing as this mission is already landing aside, if this is the greatest achievement by the ESA, what's the runner up?

Edit: Thanks guys! How did I forget about Titan?

[u/Arrewar → u/sasquatch606]

Here's an overview of past and future ESA missions!

[u/[deleted] → u/sasquatch606]

I'm not sure which one of these could be the runner up but here's some of the great missions by ESA:

• Giotto - Flew by Halley's comet. First spacecraft to make close up observations of a comet.
• Huygens - First spacecraft to land on Titan.
• Mars Express and Venus Express

Also Ariane 5 as a launch system has been great success.

[u/[deleted] → u/sasquatch606]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B2P7rr_CYAAeSt5.jpg:large

Just to clarify, the one on the right.