The mission of "Rosetta": a journey to the comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko comet discoverer eyes

Today I came across an interesting news about the mission of "Rosetta", about which no time and two wrote Habré told himself the discoverer of the comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko. This Klim Churyumov Ivanovich , which in May was lecturing on the subject.

Probably the lecture will be of interest only to those who are interested in space and space vehicles, but that is what the hub "Space."

As for the mission itself, it is in the landing module "Phil" on the comet. The module is on the board of the interplanetary station "Rosetta". By the way, the station and the module is already close to the comet - about half a million kilometers.

Here 3D mission simulator , where you can study in detail all the steps and see who, where and why flies.

And here is the lecture:

Part 1



Part 2



The lecture was held on May 23 at the House of Scientists, Kiev.

Source: habrahabr.ru/post/225609/