Highlight Lecture 1: The International Rosetta Mission – First Historical Rendezvous and Landing on a Comet

The Rosetta international mission is a cornerstone of the ESA scientific programme which, for the first time in history of spaceflight, achieved a rendezvous with a comet nucleus and delivered a lander module, Philae, onto its surface.

The mission realization required almost 30 years since its initial conception. The interplanetary cruise took more than 10 years. The target, comet 67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko, was reached in August 2014.

The lecture will emphasize on the operational challenges of the long mission, of flying Rosetta at short distances from an active comet nucleus of 2 km radius, and of the delivery and operations the Philae lander. Latest status of both Lander and Orbiter will be presented.

Speakers

Paolo FERRI

Head of ESA’s Mission operations Department, European Space Agency (ESA)

Italy

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Stephan ULAMEC

Philae Project Manager, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)

Germany