Europe’s Rosetta Gets Final Gravity Assist From Earth
Credit: EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY
Europe’s Rosetta probe is en route to the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko after swinging past Earth Nov. 13 to pick up one last slingshot gravity boost for the trip. As it approached its closest pass just south of Java, the spacecraft used its narrow angle camera to collect this image of Earth’s...
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