Rosetta is on the comet - her mission is completed - 09/05/16 11:08 AM
Wow! News from ESA today. The Rosetta mission will end at the end of this month. It seemed possible that the little lander Philae would not be found before then. It was lost on the comet in November 2014, but from images taken three days ago, it has been found.
Here is the main image with an inset to show the lander.
Credits
Main image and lander inset: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA; context: ESA/Rosetta/NavCam – CC BY-SA IGO 3.0
Here is the main image with an inset to show the lander.
Quote:
Philae’s 1 m-wide body and two of its three legs can be seen extended from the body. The images also provide proof of Philae’s orientation. A Rosetta Navigation Camera image taken on 16 April 2015 is shown at top right for context, with the approximate location of Philae on the small lobe of Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko marked.
Credits
Main image and lander inset: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA; context: ESA/Rosetta/NavCam – CC BY-SA IGO 3.0