The “Little Mission that Could” has come to an end, but what a mission it was to watch! In honor of the success, here are some videos and articles about the many, many accomplishments.
Euronews (YouTube Channel)
Euronews (Official Website)
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (YouTube Channel)
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Official Website)
Rosetta Mission Ends With Spacecraft’s Dive Into Comet (Kenneth Chang, New York Times)
Landing on a Comet, 317 Million Miles From Home (Jonathan Corum, New York Times)
Comet Landing: Organic Molecules Detected by Philae (Paul Rincon, BBC News)
Rosetta Comet: More Black Swan than Yellow Duck (Jonathan Amos, BBC News)
A Cosmic First! Rosetta Probe Goes Into Odd-Duck Orbit Around Comet (Alan Boyle, NBC News)
Rosetta Spacecraft’s First Images of Comet (Larisa Epatko, PBS News Hour)
Philae Lander’s Data Reveal Surprising Details About Comet (Reuters)
It may be a superlative that is way, way overused, but sometimes it is just the right word, and in this case it certainly applies.
Awesome!
More information…
Rosetta Spacecraft (Wikipedia)
Rosetta Mission (ESA, Official Site)
Find out more about comets …
