The
European Space Agency (ESA) has disclosed that its anticipated Tweet chat for the robotic space
probe known as Rosetta for its Lander Philae attempt has kicked off today,
Tuesday, November 2014, reports ITRealms.
According to
information available to ITRealms, Philae
carries a suite of instruments for imaging and sampling of the comet nucleus,
while the Tweet chat is to facilitate question and answers thereby creating
more enlightenment engender global know-how with Rosetta Project Scientist Matt Taylor.
ITRealms recalls that Rosetta is the
first mission in history to rendezvous with a comet which escorted it to orbits,
the Sun, and deploys a lander to its surface.
The spacecraft, ITRealms gathered, arrived at the comet
- an icy small Solar System body that, when passing close to the Sun, heats up
and begins to outgas, displaying a visible atmosphere or coma; on 6 August 2014
following a 10-year journey through the Solar System.
Also, ITRealms reports that the
mission is controlled from ESA’s European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in
Darmstadt, Germany with contributions from its Member States and National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
While ITRealms gathered that
Rosetta’s Philae Lander is provided by a consortium led by DLR and MPS
(Germany), CNES (France) and ASI (Italy), whereas scientists claimed that this
mission is more complex than landing on the moon.
Further, ITRealms reports that ESA TV will host live streaming
throughout the mission at http://new.livestream.com/ESA/Cometlanding.
While, enthusiasts can follow activities on @ESA_Rosetta and @Philae2014
on Twitter.
or hash tagged #CometLanding;
#Rosetta
and #67p.
Equally, ESA has created Twitter
handle for its Science and Robotic Exploration channel, ESA Spaceflight
Operations channel as well as its official list of around 50 ESA channels.
+Remmy Nweke (ITRealms) @ESA_Rosetta and @Philae2014 #CometLanding
#Rosetta
#67p
@ESA @ESAscience @ESAOperations.
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