The European Space Agency released a short film this week called “Ambition” starring Aiden Gillen (of Game of Thrones fame) and Aisling Franciosi and touching on the Rosetta landing coming up November 12. It. Is. Spectacular. Turn up the volume and full screen this bad boy. If you ever doubted this power of art and science […]
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Carnival of Space #366
Hello, everyone! Welcome to this week’s Carnival of Space. This traveling celebration of the week’s space blogs has landed here at CosmoQuest for the 366th issue. We hope you enjoy! Universe Today has some featured astronomical highlights. First, by Shannon Hall, “We’re at the comet! Yes,” exclaimed Rosetta Spacecraft Operations Manager Sylvain Lodiot, confirming the spacecraft’s historic […]
Rosetta’s Exploration
Last week, an important lunar anniversary occurred. 50 years ago on July 31st, the Ranger 7 snapped the first picture of the lunar surface from a spacecraft. Phil Plait marked this occasion by noting the fact that spaceflight isn’t a miracle but the combined effort of scientists and engineers and dreamers throughout the decade. Today […]
Comet, Ahoy!
The Rosetta spacecraft is awake and getting closer and closer to its target, comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. And now it has sent back its first resolved images of the comet. Check it out! Okay, yes, it is still a bit of a pixelated blob. Being resolved doesn’t necessarily mean that it has very good resolution this yet. However, […]