🇬🇧 Compilation of images taken by the Rosetta space probe's OSIRIS high-resolution camera during the final hours of the mission to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. As it neared the surface, it photographed an old shaft and sent back the images showing what its final landing site would look like.

🇵🇹 Compilação de imagens tiradas pela câmara de alta resolução OSIRIS da sonda espacial Rosetta durante as horas finais da missão ao Cometa 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. À medida que se aproximava da superfície, fotografou um antigo poço e enviou as imagens mostrando como seria o seu local de aterrizagem final.

🇫🇷 Compilation d'images prises par la caméra haute résolution OSIRIS de la sonde spatiale Rosetta pendant les dernières heures de la mission vers la comète 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Alors qu'il s'approchait de la surface, il a photographié un ancien puits et a renvoyé les images montrant à quoi ressemblerait son site d'atterrissage final.

🇪🇦 Recopilación de imágenes tomadas por la cámara de alta resolución OSIRIS de la sonda espacial Rosetta durante las últimas horas de la misión al cometa 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. A medida que se acercaba a la superficie, fotografió un pozo viejo y envió las imágenes que mostraban cómo sería su lugar de aterrizaje final.

🇮🇹 Raccolta di immagini riprese dalla camera ad alta risoluzione OSIRIS della sonda spaziale Rosetta durante le ultime ore della missione verso la cometa 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Mentre si avvicinava alla superficie, ha fotografato un vecchio pozzo e ha inviato le immagini che mostrano come sarebbe stato il suo sito di atterraggio finale.

#esa2023 #esa #Rosetta #sondaespaziale #sondaespacial #sondespatiale #spaceprobes #european

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#Militaryofficials postulated that #UFO #spaceprobes were originating from a "#mothership." #Pentagon official Sean Kirkpatrick, responsible for the #militaryunit designated for studying #UFOs, explained in preprint co-authored w/ #AviLoeb | https://parkhealth.io/UFO+%E2%80%9Cdandelion%E2%80%9D+probes

#UnitedStates #militaryofficials postulated that #UFO #spaceprobes were originating from a "#mothership." #Pentagon official Sean Kirkpatrick, responsible for the #militaryunit designated for studying #UFOs, explained preprint co-authored w/ #AviLoeb | https://parkhealth.io/UFO+%E2%80%9Cdandelion%E2%80%9D+probes

Lovely video on the Galileo mission.

"NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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“Saving Galileo” is the story of how NASA’s Galileo mission - designed, built, and operated by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory - was kept alive despite a multitude of technical challenges. It is also the story of a tight-knit team of scientists and engineers who were forged by adversity into what many came to call a family."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aezcXjKYZkM

#Space #Jupiter #GalileoMission #SpaceProbes #JPL

""We might be nearing the 50th anniversary of the last Apollo Moon landing, but spare a thought for NASA's Pioneer missions. Pioneer 10, the first mission to the outer planets, was launched 50 years ago this month."

https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/15/pioneer_10_anniversary/

#Space #SpaceProbes #Pioneer #Exploration #Jupiter #Planets

The Planetary Society featuring wonderful images captured by Voyager 1 and 2.

"As the Voyager missions voyage on, it’s good to look back at how they captured our solar system before leaving it."

https://www.planetary.org/articles/best-space-pictures-nasa-voyager-missions

#Space #Images #Planets #Moons #Voyager1 #Voyager2 #SpaceProbes

Hopefully, nothing happens to Voyager 2 that requires human intervention in the near future. But we can still listen to it's signals.

"NASA will spend 11 months upgrading the only piece of its Deep Space Network that can send commands to the [Voyager 2] probe, which has crossed into interstellar space."

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/04/science/voyager-2-nasa-deep-space-network.html

#NASA #DeepSpaceNetwork #Communications #Space #SpaceProbes #Voyager2

Good news. The ion engine on Hayabusa2 has been tested with no problems found, and it is scheduled to start the return journey from asteroid Ryugu on Dec 3, according to this tweet by JAXA.

#Asteroids #Ryugu #Hayabusa2 #Space #Exploration #SpaceProbes

https://twitter.com/haya2e_jaxa/status/1200275072545513472

Post by Emily Lakdawalla of the Planetary Society on what's going to happen during the New Horizons encounter with Ultima Thule.

#Exploration #SpaceProbes #NewHorizons #KuiperBeltObjects #UltimaThule #Space

[ http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2018/what-to-expect-new-horizons-mu69-ultima-thule.html ]

It's official. Voyager 2 has entered interstellar space.

#Space #Exploration #SpaceProbes #Voyager2 #NASA

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-voyager-2-probe-enters-interstellar-space

Yay! OSIRIS-REx has arrived at asteroid Bennu.

#Space #Asteroids #AsteroidBennu #SpaceProbes #NASA #NASAOsirisRex #Exploration

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/nasa-osiris-rex-spacecraft-has-finally-arrived-asteroid-bennu