ESA Verifies Rosetta Orbit for Earth FlyBy Next Week
ESA
The European Space Agency announced today that its spacecraft Rosetta with lander Philae, ultimately destined to land on the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in December 2014, will be making its Earth flyby on 13 November, as scheduled. Rosetta is using the Earth flyby to give it a gravitational assist so that it can reach comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Scientists are hoping to take some scientific data during the Earth encounter. To learn more about this Earth encounter of Rosetta, follow this link.