Rosetta moves in
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The Rosetta engineers have decided it is safe to lower the spacecraft’s orbit and bring it to within 13 miles of Comet 67P/C-G’s nucleus.
They will spend a week at that altitude and then decide if it is safe to descend to only 6 miles.
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The Rosetta engineers have decided it is safe to lower the spacecraft’s orbit and bring it to within 13 miles of Comet 67P/C-G’s nucleus.
They will spend a week at that altitude and then decide if it is safe to descend to only 6 miles.
This mission is becoming a real cliff-hanger. Thanks for the update.