The 12 November of 2014, at 16:03, the ESA(European Space Agency) confirmed that the "Philae", the lander of the Rosseta mission, succefully completed its mission to land in the asteroid.
It has been the first mission that consists in rendezvous an asteroid with a space probe, and the study of It will start soon as they can.
The Rosetta mission was aproved in 1993, and it took 21 years to put the probe in the comet, including the time that the spaceprobe was travelling throught the space. They affirm that the study of the comet,will help to understand the beggining of our planet, and the solar system.
The Rosetta probe and the Philae lander
Opinion:
In my opinion, It has been a great step forward in the space missions and for the ESA, I hope someday we could go to other planets and travel around the space for cheaper.
Words:
Spaceprobe: Non-tripulated vehicle used for space exploration.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_probe
Lander: Machine that Its mission consists to land in the objective of the mission.
http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=lander
Rendezvous: Space maneuver that consists in aproach 2 celestal bodies (naturals or human-made) in a close distance.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_rendezvous
Link:
http://sci.esa.int/rosetta/54962-pioneering-philae-completes-main-mission-before-hibernation-/
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