After 12 years in space and nearly two years together with a celestial body bizarre, landmark mission comes to an end. Rosetta uncontrollably removed from the Sun and its solar energy will be enough at the best end of the year. Therefore, the unit will gradually approach to the comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko and 30 September this year, while 570 million kilometers from the Sun, will face its surface.
Preliminary maneuvers will begin in August, and at a distance of 20 kilometers from the comet Rosetta will start the descent, which takes about 12 hours. The speed of convergence with the surface of the device is 0.5 meters per second, which is twice slower than the historical landing probe Philae November 12, 2014. Immediately after the impact with the comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko relationship with Rosetta cut short forever.
However, before this sad moment of ESA experts are planning to make a number of comets unique images in ultra-high resolution, so that we can finally admire the most spectacular cosmic photos .
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