Rosetta

Germany

Rosetta crash-lands on her comet

Scientists at the ESA control centre in Germany clapped and hugged after screens showed the loss of signal after the final, historic touchdown.

30/09/2016

World

Mission accomplished: Rosetta crash crowns ESA's historic achievement

The European Space Agency's Rosetta mission has come to a close with success after crash landing hits target

30/09/2016

World News

Space: Rosetta mission to come crashing to a close

The Rosetta space mission is about to come crashing to an end.

29/09/2016

Next Series

Rosetta heads for glorious crash-landing

In just a few days’ time ESA’s Rosetta mission is going to come to a close in a most extraordinary fashion, because the spacecraft is going to slowly, and deliberately crash-land into the comet that i

22/09/2016

World News

Philae - Lost....and Found!

The lost lander has been spotted on the "Space Duck" comet it landed on 664 days ago.

05/09/2016

Sci-Tech

Spacecraft Rosetta prepares to crash-land on comet 67P

The extraordinary mission of ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft around comet 67P is nearly over: on 30 September the craft will crash land on its surface and end a 12 year voyage through…

05/08/2016

World News

Farewell Philae: Communication cut to Rosetta's probe for final time

The first space probe to land on a comet has had its communications cut with Earth for the final time.

28/07/2016

World News

Rosetta and Philae celebrate a year of success for ESA

A year on from Rosetta and Philae's exploits, ESA's historic comet lander mission nears its end

12/11/2015

World News

Rosetta mission finds oxygen on comet 67P

The Rosetta mission has detected oxygen on comet 67P, a discovery that could change our understanding of how the solar system formed.

28/10/2015

World News

Rosetta: duck comet is double bill

The rubber duck-shaped comet being tracked by Europe’s Rosetta probe is in fact a double bill. Scientists say data from the probe shows the comet

29/09/2015

Next Series

Rosetta mission: Crunch time for Philae

The Rosetta mission has changed our vision of comets and given us a new outlook on the origin of life in the universe. In this edition of Space, we

27/08/2015

World News

[Live] Follow comet 67P's perihelion on social media

12/08/2015

World News

Rosetta comet’s closest approach to the Sun

03/08/2015

World News

Rosetta space mission extended, ESA announces

24/06/2015

World

Philae the comet lander is alive and well

It went into hibernation last Nov. 15. Now Philae is awake again. Before release, the lander on the comet ‘Tchouri’ had spent more than 10 years on

15/06/2015

World News

Philae reawakening gives scientists new hope

Scientists at the European Space Agency are hoping to make up for lost time, gathering data from a re-awoken robotic space probe. The Philae lander

15/06/2015