Space probe Rosetta began a rapprochement with the comet – Komsomolskaya Pravda

Today, September 30, the Rosetta spacecraft will cease to exist. It is reported by the European space Agency (ESA).

Now the unit is on convergence with a comet NRT-books, and will make a controlled descent, but rather face it and then it will cease to sushestvovanie. Confirmation of the end of the mission expected about 13:20 CET (14:20 GMT), says the blog of the mission on the ESA website.

Previously, the ESA (ESA) has created a computer rendering of the landing on the comet nucleus.

the Rosetta spacecraft nears the comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The Rosetta spacecraft nears the comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Thanks to the automatic station Rosetta astronomers have a large amount of data about the comet, which scientists will study for years.

Recall That the “Rosetta” was sent into space to study the comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko 12 years ago, in March 2004.