Rosetta: Landing on a Comet

The Rosetta spacecraft is a large aluminum box with dimensions 2.8 x 2.1 x 2.0 meters. Philae, the lander, is a smaller carbon fiber box with dimensions 1 × 1 × 0.8 meters.  An antenna transmits data from the surface to Earth via the orbiting Rosetta. The lander carries nine experiments, with a total mass […]