Rosetta Comet Landing in 'Thud' and 3D
Monday, November 24, 2014 - 16:00
in Astronomy & Space
(Phys.org) —A 3D image shows what it would look like to fly over the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The image was generated from data collected by the Rosetta Lander Imaging System (ROLIS) aboard the European Space Agency's Philae spacecraft during the descent to the spacecraft's initial touchdown on the comet Nov. 12. The European Space Agency also released an audio track of the first of the lander's three touchdowns on the surface of the cometю