Rosetta Steins fly-by confirmed
Friday, September 5, 2008 - 15:49
in Astronomy & Space
Rosetta’s control room at ESA’s European Space Operations Centre, ESOC, received the first radio signal after closest approach to asteroid (2867) Steins at 22:14 CEST, confirming a smooth fly-by.
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