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They apparently got photos down to 5m (or maybe only 51m) above the comet. Here are images on the way down. https://www.cieletespace.fr/actualites/dernieres-im
by wbhart 10y ago
They apparently got photos down to 5m (or maybe only 51m) above the comet. Here are images on the way down.
https://www.cieletespace.fr/actualites/dernieres-images-de-rosetta-avant-son-contact-avec-la-comete https://www.cieletespace.fr/actualites/dernieres-images-de-r...
https://twitter.com/C_et_E_Photos/status/781809777370423296 https://twitter.com/C_et_E_Photos/status/781809777370423296
https://twitter.com/ESA_Rosetta/status/781808178048696321 https://twitter.com/ESA_Rosetta/status/781808178048696321
https://twitter.com/elakdawalla/status/781809255443673088 https://twitter.com/elakdawalla/status/781809255443673088
https://twitter.com/C_et_E_Photos/status/781819361241817088 https://twitter.com/C_et_E_Photos/status/781819361241817088
https://twitter.com/ESA_Rosetta/status/781825922647355392 https://twitter.com/ESA_Rosetta/status/781825922647355392
https://twitter.com/elakdawalla/status/781834822583017472 https://twitter.com/elakdawalla/status/781834822583017472
- eric_h 10y agojust wanted to add that I highly recommend following @elakdawalla on twitter - she tweets lots of great things about the various space missions that are in progress.
- IndianAstronaut 10y agoTo follow up, the organization she works for, The Planetary Society, does fantastic work to promote greater funding for space research and missions.
- idlewords 10y agoShe is an absolute treasure. Her longer-form blog posts are also fantastic reading http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/ http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/