Rosetta spacecraft wakes up after 31-month hiatus

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 19:25

Rosetta, the comet-chasing space probe launched by the European Space Agency a decade ago, has woken up from a 31-month long hibernation.

Comet-chasing Rosetta spacecraft wakes up from slumber, signals Earth

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 06:50

The mission is different from NASA`s Deep Impact, a spacecraft that fired a projectile into a comet in 2005 so scientists could study the resulting plume of matter.

Europe`s Rosetta probe set to wake up from hibernation

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 12:18

Rosetta, which was launched about ten year ago on a long quest to chase and land on a comet, will be roused by an onboard "alarm clock" at 10:00 GMT on Monday.

Rosetta spacecraft set to wake up from slumber on Monday

Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 23:58

A probe from one of the most ambitious missions in the history of space will be roused from nearly three years of hibernation to continue its mission of chasing a comet.

Mission Rosetta: Stories behind the names

Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 23:09

If Europe`s comet-chasing quest goes well, Rosetta, Philae and even the tongue-twisting Churyumov-Gerasimenko may become household names by the end of the year.

Rosetta craft`s comet landing to reveal secrets of solar system`s origin and evolution

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 14:43

Rosetta craft, which was woken up from its slumber recently, aims to deal with the origin and evolution of the solar system.

In 2014, get answers to your comet queries

Last Updated: Monday, December 30, 2013, 12:33

We all are interested in comets. What they contain, and what information they hide about our solar system.

Comet-chasing Rosetta spacecraft to wake up from slumber in 100 days time

Last Updated: Friday, December 27, 2013, 15:26

European Space Agency`s comet-chasing mission Rosetta is going to wake up in 100 days` time from deep-space slumber to reach the destination it has been cruising towards for a decade.

ESA`s space probe to reveal mysteries of comets

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 21, 2013, 10:03

ESA`s space probe Rosetta, which is supposed to rendezvous, next spring, with comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko, is set to reveal many mysteries about comets.