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  • Soyuz rendezvous and docking explained

    Soyuz rendezvous and docking explained

    This second video in the ‘Journey to the International Space Station’ series follows the Soyuz capsule from Earth orbit to docking with the Space Station. Featuring interviews with ESA astronauts Luca Parmitano, Frank De Winne and Paolo Nespoli, and an introduction by Alexander Gerst, it includes unique footage taken from inside the Soyuz spacecraft.

    Produced by the ESA Human Spaceflight and Operations Astronaut Training Division in Cologne, Germany, in collaboration with the Human Spaceflight and Operations Strategic Planning and Outreach Office in Noordwijk, The Netherlands.

    Narration: Bernard Oattes
    Technical experts: Stephane Ghiste, Dmitriy Churkin
    Content design: Stephane Ghiste, Dmitriy Churkin, Matthew Day, Celena Dopart
    Animation: Nelson Steinmetz, Yannis Nourrisson
    Video editing: Celena Dopart, Andrea Conigli
    Project coordination: Matthew Day

    Special thanks to:
    NASA
    Roscosmos
    Frank De Winne
    Paolo Nespoli
    Luca Parmitano
    Alexander Gerst
    Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

    Also watch:
    Journey to the ISS Part 1: The Soyuz launch sequence explained
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVvgpKt5uCA

    Journey to the ISS Part 3: Soyuz undocking, reentry and landing explained
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l7MM9yoxII

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  • Rosetta’s orbit around the comet

    Rosetta’s orbit around the comet

    After a ten year journey through space, ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft will reach comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in August 2014. After catching up with the comet Rosetta will slightly overtake and enter orbit from the ‘front’ of the comet as both the spacecraft and 67P/CG move along their orbits around the Sun. Rosetta will carry out a complex series of manoeuvres to reduce the separation between the spacecraft and comet from around 100 km to 25-30 km. From this close orbit, detailed mapping will allow scientists to determine the landing site for the mission’s Philae lander. Immediately prior to the deployment of Philae in November, Rosetta will come to within just 2.5 km of the comet’s nucleus.
    This animation is not to scale; Rosetta’s solar arrays span 32 m, and the comet is approximately 4 km wide.

    Credit: ESA — C. Carreau

  • Chasing a comet

    Chasing a comet

    Rosetta’s journey from launch in March 2004 to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in August 2014, including 3 flybys of Earth and 1 of Mars. By January 2014 Rosetta is about 9 million kilometres from comet 67P/CG. By early May, Rosetta will be 2 million kilometres from the comet and at the end of May the spacecraft will execute a major rendezvous manoeuvre to line it up for orbit insertion at the start of August.
    The comet and planets are not to scale.

    Credits: ESA — C. Carreau

  • Rosetta’s twelve-year journey in space

    Rosetta’s twelve-year journey in space

    This animation tracks Rosetta’s journey through the Solar System, using gravity slingshots from Earth and Mars to reach its final destination: Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. Rosetta made three flybys of Earth, on 4 March 2005, 13 November 2007 and 13 November 2009, and one of Mars, on 25 February 2007. Rosetta has also visited two asteroids, taking extensive close-up images of 2867 Steins on 5 September 2008 and 21 Lutetia on 10 July 2010. Once the spacecraft is woken up from deep space hibernation on 20 January 2014, it will head for rendezvous with the comet in May. In November the Philae probe will be deployed to the comet surface. Rosetta will follow the comet to its closest distance to the Sun on 13 August 2015 and as it moves back towards the outer Solar System. The nominal mission end is December 2015.
    Credits: ESA

    (This replaces a previously published version)

  • Red Planet Rendezvous on This Week @NASA

    Red Planet Rendezvous on This Week @NASA

    The Curiosity rover continues to make its way to Mars and its scheduled landing in Gale Crater on Monday, Aug. 6. Also Mars Yard; New record set; New heat shield test and new mission previewed; Landsat 40 and remembering Sally Ride and more….