Europe Targets Site For Rosetta’s Comet Lander
PARIS — European scientists have identified a landing site on the “head” of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko for the Rosetta mission’s 100-kg (220-lb.) Philae robotic probe that they believe offers unique scientific potential and minimum risk to the lander, relative to other candidate sites. Known as...
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