Philae found by Rosetta

Launch of Heaviest Ariane 5 with Echostar 18 & BRISAT To Date

Timelapse: Sentinel-1B prepares for liftoff (April 2016)

Millions of refugees to flood Europe

ExoMars is on its way

Sentinel-1B lifts off

A Russian Soyuz STA rocket has successfully launched from Kourou in French Guiana carrying for the European Space Agency the Sentinel 1B satellite at 21:02 UTC, April 25th 2016. Sentinel 1B is a radar imaging satellite as part of the Copernicus Programme providing autonomous earth monitoring.

Launch of European Mars Mission ExoMars on a Russian Proton-M

Philae lander gets 'Go' for comet landing

First human attempt to land on a comet.

The lander is scheduled to touch down on the comet at 10:35 am EST (7:35 am PST) on Wednesday, Nov. 12.

It will take Philae 7 hours to descend to the comet's surface - one of the most difficult maneuvers we've ever tried in space. For the scientists at the ESA and NASA - it will be 7 hours of terror.

Here's a handy infographic showing the steps of Philae's 7-hour descent, starting at 9:03 GMT (4:03 am EST) until the end, when Philae lands, at around 16:00 GMT (11:00 am EST). These events will actually take place about 27 minutes before we hear about them on Earth because comet 67P/Churyumox-Gerasimenko is roughly 300 million miles from us

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Rosetta mission's Philae landing site on the comet chosen

The Rosetta mission is ongoing at comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. The landing site for Philae has been chosen. The adventure continues! But already Rosetta is providing the scientific community more than any previous comet mission.

European Space Agency's Rosetta becomes first spacecraft to orbit comet

Thruster burn complete. @ESA_Rosetta has arrived at comet #67P. We're in orbit!
— ESA Operations (@esaoperations) August 6, 2014

The Rosetta spacecraft made history Wednesday as it became the first probe to rendezvous with a comet on its journey around the sun.Rosetta fired its thrusters on its final approach to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, known as "Chury" for short, on Wednesday morning. Half an hour after the burn, scientists announced that the craft had entered into the orbit of the streaking comet.

Rosetta will soon begin mapping the surface of and finding out more about its gravitational pull. This will help to find a suitable landing site for Philae and allow engineers to keep Rosetta in the right orbit.