The surface of the comet photographed by the ship ‘Rosetta’ about 130 miles away. / ESA / ROSETTA / MPS
The spacecraft Rosetta , which arrived last week to comet 67P / Churyumov- Gerasimenkom, reaching about 100 km from the nucleus, and taking detailed pictures of its surface. “We are using almost all scientific instruments on the probe and the goal of the observations is to provide information for the selection of the five landing sites,” explained El Pais Laurence O’Rourke and Michael Kueppers, coordinating science operations Rosetta .
Among the five landing sites to be selected in late August, experts will choose one for landing, in November, the probe Philae it takes the ship in the cometary nucleus.
Meanwhile, the Rosetta , about 400 million miles from Earth, is maneuvering to get closer to 67P / Churyumov -Gerasimenko. “Everything is going very well,” reported O’Rourke and Kueppers. “The ship follows the planned trajectory,” they concluded.
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