Thursday, September 4, 2014

NASA Instrument aboard European Spacecraft Returns First Science Results

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A NASA instrument aboard the European Space Agency's (ESA's) Rosetta orbiter has successfully made its first delivery of science data from comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The instrument, named Alice, began mapping the comet's surface last month, recording the first far-ultraviolet light spectra of the comet's surface. "We're a bit surprised ...

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