Tag: Comet

  • ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft stirred from its long hibernation

    ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft stirred from its long hibernation

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    ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft has awoken from its 957 days in slumber on Monday, ahead of its mission to rendezvous with the Churyumov–Gerasimenko comet in August. The spacecraft awakening was confirmed by controllers at ESA’s Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany. Rosetta: The spacecraft was launched from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou on March 2, 2004 on an…