Comet Landing
 

Tomorrow at approximately 11am EST, the ESA will attempt to land the probe “Philae” on the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. This has been a 10yr mission in the making, they will release the probe and the gravity of the comet will hopefully pull the probe down to land.

You can watch the ESA live stream at the link below, it's just before 8pm in Cali and I just got to see a guy at the ESA command center sneeze, isn't technology amazing! :r

For the first time in history, scientists are attempting to make physical contact with a comet. A 10-year project by the European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft will culminate on Wednesday when scientists attempt to land a probe on a comet for the first time ever. The final stage of the mission — actually landing the probe on the comet — has been described as “seven hours of terror” by a scientist involved with the project, and that terror is about to begin.

The actual touchdown of the probe “Philae” on the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is scheduled to take place just before 11:oo a.m. EST / 8:00 a.m. PST on Wednesday, and the attempt is being streamed live, as are the events leading up to tomorrow’s landing.

Do you want to watch history being made (or agonizing heartbreak in the event the landing fails)? ESA is streaming the mission live from space, and the video is embedded below.

Here’s the full schedule of events, courtesy of The Verge:

• 2PM ET (November 11th): Livestream begins with a media update. Also the first of several go/no-go decision points.
• 7–8:30PM ET: Two more go/no-go decisions, as the crew confirms the lander is ready for separation.
• 1AM ET (November 12th): The fourth and final go/no-go decision point; a final preparation maneuver.
• 4:03AM ET: The scheduled lander separation.
• 7AM ET: Expected science update/first pictures.
• 9AM ET: Last preparations before landing.
• 11AM ET: Scheduled time for landing on the comet, plus or minus 15 minutes.

http://new.livestream.com/ESA/cometlanding

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When you wish upon a star......

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Neat, now I have that song stuck in my head. Thanks, ADB.

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what is the point, lets fix **** here on earth and worry about comets later.

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It is a very cool event, especially given the preceding failures to land on a comment or asteroid.

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Awesome!

:banger

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This is gonna keep me busy. :tu

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This will make it THE Rosetta Stone?? :r

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Missed the landing, but the post-game coverage is very interesting. Thanks for sharing :tu

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What I found interesting is that the comet is singing.

http://www.cnet.com/news/rosettas-co...tally-bizarre/

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The sound cloud of Pedator .. I mean the comet singing.

https://soundcloud.com/esaops/a-singing-comet


So much for no one can hear you scream in space.

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Of course:rolleyes:

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Is comet code for Kim Kardashian's bare ass? That seems to be today's big (no pun intended) story on the interwebz.

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This is awesome. It's great what the human race can achieve when we set our minds to it.

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I would vote for shipping her entire brood out into space to meet the next comet, or if that's too tough, how about just into the Sun?

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My bet is it was "ringing".

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lol , that is funny

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Here's the PBS rundown of the mission.

http://video.pbs.org/video/2365367186/