The Rosetta Mission To Catch A Comet

Following a 10 year journey to a comet, the Rosetta space mission succeeded in landing Philae onto the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko in November 2014.

Despite the landing not quite going to plan, Philae sent back a wealth of data that is changing the understanding of comets and the formation of the solar system.

In this talk, Dr Andrew Morse will give an overview of the mission and highlight some of the science results so far.

Dr. Andrew Morse is a Research Scientist in the Department of Physical Sciences at the Open University. His research interest is in developing mass spectrometers for space missions to determine the conditions and processes occurring during the formation of the solar system. He is part of the team which built Ptolemy, an instrument on-board Philae.