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Rosetta spacecraft over Mars
author: ESA/AOES Medialab/Novapix
reference: e-son30-00106
Image Size 300 DPI: 33 * 25 cm
Artist's impression of Rosetta spacecraft over Mars. The aim of the transit is to use the planet's gravity to modify the speed and the trajectory of the probe. It has flown over Earth on november 13 2007 to perform a new gravitational slingshot assistance.
The European Space Agency spacecraft was launched on March 02 2004 and intended to study the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Rosetta is expected to enter in orbit around the comet for releasing a lander in May 2014.
The European Space Agency spacecraft was launched on March 02 2004 and intended to study the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Rosetta is expected to enter in orbit around the comet for releasing a lander in May 2014.
Keywords for this photo:
2007 - 67P/CHURYUMOV-GERASIMENKO - ASTRONOMY - GRAVITY - ILLUSTRATION - MARS - PLANET - ROSETTA - SOLAR PANEL - SPACE - SPACECRAFT - SPACEPROBE -
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