Who developed Philae the robot?
Philae (spacecraft)
| Spacecraft properties | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | DLR / MPS / CNES / ASI |
| Launch mass | 100 kg (220 lb) |
| Payload mass | 21 kg (46 lb) |
| Dimensions | 1 × 1 × 0.8 m (3.3 × 3.3 × 2.6 ft) |
Is Philae still active?
The lander’s final resting place after its unfortunate bounce was a shaded grotto. Its batteries died 48 hours after its messy landing.
What happened Rosetta?
Rosetta was a space probe built by the European Space Agency launched on 2 March 2004. Along with Philae, its lander module, Rosetta performed a detailed study of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko (67P). On 30 September 2016, the Rosetta spacecraft ended its mission by hard-landing on the comet in its Ma’at region.
What is Vesta and Ceres?
Ceres and Vesta are two of the earliest discovered and most massive asteroids in our solar system—indeed, Ceres is so massive it was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006. Vesta is a terrestrial world, rocky and dense like Mars and Mercury. › View Vesta. Ceres, on the other hand, is a world of both rock and ice.
What is Pluto flyby?
On July 14, 2015, after a voyage of nearly 10 years and more than 3 billion miles, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew within 7,800 miles (12,550 km) of Pluto. In the five years since that groundbreaking flyby, nearly every conjecture about Pluto being an inert ball of ice has been thrown out the window.
How did Rosetta find the Philae on the comet?
Philae, though silent, was finally identified unambiguously, lying on its side in a deep crack in the shadow of a cliff, in photographs taken by Rosetta on 2 September 2016 as the orbiter was sent on orbits closer to the comet. Knowledge of its location would help in interpretation of the images it had sent.
What was the mission of the Philae spacecraft?
Philae’s mission was to land successfully on the surface of a comet, attach itself, and transmit data about the comet’s composition.
How did the Philae lander get off the comet?
The probe rebounded off the comet’s surface at 38 cm/s (15 in/s) and rose to an altitude of approximately 1 km (0.62 mi). For perspective, had the lander exceeded about 44 cm/s (17 in/s), it would have escaped the comet’s gravity.
How many hours did Philae spend on the surface?
By this time, it had operated independently for 64 hours including 57 hours on the surface. Philae had completed 80 percent of its planned first science sequence, returning spectacular images of its surroundings, showing a cometary surface covered by dust and debris ranging in size from inches to a yard (millimeters to a meter).