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Rosetta Over Mars
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#99054
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[z]Barbara Harris
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02.03.2007 00:00
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Rosetta Over Mars
Explanation:
Panels on ESA's
Rosetta
spacecraft appear in
the foreground of
this
intriguing image
of Mars recorded on February 25
at a range of about 1,000 kilometers.
Launched in March 2004, Rosetta was near its
closest
approach
to the Red Planet during a
gravity
assist
flyby maneuver
and is ultimately destined to rendezvous with a comet
designated
67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
.
Below the
comet-chasing
spacecraft lies a dark boundary along
the martian
Syrtis region
.
But wait ... who took the picture?
The picture was actually captured by the imaging system (CIVA) onboard
Rosetta's lander, Philae, switched on for testing.
The three-legged, box-shaped, 100 kilogram
Philae
is scheduled
to attempt a landing on the comet nucleus after
Rosetta's
rendezvous in November 2014.
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#99077
by
Squeezer
@
05.03.2007 11:16
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