article_snippet.sent: Esa’s Rosetta spacecraft has survived a hair-raising encounter with comet 67P after the probe ran into difficulties during a recent flyby.
article_snippet.sent: Esa’s Rosetta spacecraft has survived a hair-raising encounter with comet 67P after the probe ran into difficulties during a recent flyby.
article_snippet.sent: Rosetta launched into space in 2004 and entered orbit around 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in August 2014 .
article_snippet.sent: 67P. its chased comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko through space for more than ten years, and entered orbit in August 2014.
article_snippet.sent: Rosetta, meanwhile, is continuing to orbit and study the comet.
article_snippet.sent: This diagram shows an example of Rosetta's recent flyby trajectories at Comet 67P. the spacecraft completed a manoeuvre yesterday that will bring the spacecraft from about 250 miles (400km) of the comet to within 90 miles (140km) by Wednesday next week .
article_snippet.sent: This stunning scene was created from two Rosetta frames acquired at 12 miles (19.9 km) from the comet centre on 28 March.
article_snippet.sent: The scale is about 1.7 m/pixel and the image measures 3.1 x 1.7 km .
article_snippet.sent: some amazing images recently taken by Rosetta include ones of Earth and Mars which were taken when the probe was attempting ‘gravity assist manoeuvres’ in which the probe used other planets to slingshot the probe way towards the comet.
article_snippet.sent: Pictured is Mars as seen by Rosetta in 2007 .