Open AccessEuropean Space Agency announces comet landing site
Author(s) -
Wendel JoAnna
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1002/2014eo380004
Subject(s) - comet , spacecraft , agency (philosophy) , astrobiology , aeronautics , space (punctuation) , event (particle physics) , aerospace engineering , engineering , computer science , physics , philosophy , epistemology , quantum mechanics , operating system
Scientists believe that comets hold clues to the solar system's origins, and soon they will be one step closer to unlocking these secrets. Last week, the European Space Agency announced that the spacecraft Rosetta will deploy its lander, Philae, to land on the “head” of the comet 67/P Churyumov‐Gerasimenko at candidate site J. Project scientists have been racing to choose an ideal landing site since Rosetta arrived at the comet on 6 August. This event will mark the first landing mission on a comet.