{"id":16296,"date":"2015-06-01T00:34:31","date_gmt":"2015-05-31T16:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/tour-comet-67p-in-rosettas-latest-image-release\/"},"modified":"2015-06-01T00:34:31","modified_gmt":"2015-05-31T16:34:31","slug":"tour-comet-67p-in-rosettas-latest-image-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/tour-comet-67p-in-rosettas-latest-image-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour comet 67P in Rosetta\u2019s latest image release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest batch of images released from the European Space Agency\u2019s Rosetta mission shows the brutal gray landscape of comet 67P\/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in vivid detail.<\/p>\n<p>ESA posted 1,776 images from Rosetta\u2019s navigation camera on the agency\u2019s website Thursday, adding to a growing catalog of imagery of comet 67P since the probe arrived in August 2014. The photo set includes images taken from Sept. 23 to Nov. 21, a period in which Rosetta approached within 8 kilometers \u2014 or 5 miles \u2014 from the comet\u2019s craggy nucleus.<\/p>\n<p>Rosetta carries two cameras: A navigation camera primarily used to guide the spacecraft around the vicinity of the comet, and a sharp-eyed science camera used to obtain high-resolution pictures of comet 67P\u2019s rock-ice core.<\/p>\n<p>Access the complete NAVCAM archive on ESA\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6644\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6644\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6644\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Comet_closeup_19_October_2014_NavCam.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: ESA\/Rosetta\/NAVCAM\" width=\"620\" height=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Comet_closeup_19_October_2014_NavCam.jpg 1024w, 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https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20150526141911-11e61d57-me-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6646\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: ESA\/Rosetta\/NAVCAM<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6647\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6647\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6647\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20150526142820-9e16e56f-me.png\" alt=\"Photo credit: ESA\/Rosetta\/NAVCAM\" width=\"620\" height=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20150526142820-9e16e56f-me.png 594w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20150526142820-9e16e56f-me-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20150526142820-9e16e56f-me-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6647\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: ESA\/Rosetta\/NAVCAM<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6648\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6648\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6648\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20150526142306-9c12a908-me.png\" alt=\"Photo credit: ESA\/Rosetta\/NAVCAM\" width=\"620\" height=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20150526142306-9c12a908-me.png 594w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20150526142306-9c12a908-me-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20150526142306-9c12a908-me-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6648\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: ESA\/Rosetta\/NAVCAM<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b><i>Email the author.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest batch of images released from the European Space Agency\u2019s Rosetta mission shows the brutal gray landscape of comet 67P\/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in vivid detail. ESA posted 1,776 images from Rosetta\u2019s navigation camera on the agency\u2019s website Thursday, adding to a growing catalog of imagery of comet 67P since the probe arrived in August 2014. 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