Saturday, 22 November 2014

Rosetta Comet Landing in 'Thud' and 3D

This 3D image shows what it would look like to fly over the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.



The initial descent of the Rosetta mission's comet lander Philae was captured in a 3D image and in sound by instruments aboard the spacecraft.










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