Chasing a comet - ESA's Rosetta mission: why, where and what now?
6:00pm - 7:30pm /
Wednesday 2nd March 2016
/ Venue: Lecture Theatre A Central Teaching Hub
Type: Lecture /
Category: Alumni
- 0151 795 5512
- James Briginshaw
- Suitable for: All with an interest in the subject.
- Admission: FREE
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Dr Matt Taylor, Project Scientist, Rosetta Project, European Space Agency (ESA)
Dr Taylor will talk you through the journey of the Rosetta Mission, the third cornerstone mission of the ESA programme Horizon 2000.
In March 2004 Spacecraft UTC was launched and after a number of gravity assists and various asteroid flybys, it entered deep space hibernation in June 2011.
Nearly 10 years after launch on 20th January 2014 UTC woke up from hibernation, and successfully entered into orbit around the comet and deployed Lander Philae to the surface.
The aim of Rosetta is to map comet 67-P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko by remote sensing and examine its environment, and evolution in the inner solar system. Lander Philae is the first device to land on a comet and will perform in situ science on the surface.
Dr Taylor will talk you through the journey of the Rosetta Mission, the third cornerstone mission of the ESA programme Horizon 2000.
In March 2004 Spacecraft UTC was launched and after a number of gravity assists and various asteroid flybys, it entered deep space hibernation in June 2011.
Nearly 10 years after launch on 20th January 2014 UTC woke up from hibernation, and successfully entered into orbit around the comet and deployed Lander Philae to the surface.
The aim of Rosetta is to map comet 67-P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko by remote sensing and examine its environment, and evolution in the inner solar system. Lander Philae is the first device to land on a comet and will perform in situ science on the surface.