Rosetta

This profile shows the entire mission of the ESA Rosetta spacecraft around comet 67P, also known as Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The spacecraft’s images are projected onto the comet and the separation of the Philae lander is visible as well.

Keyboard Shortcuts

  • A Focus the camera on the 67P comet

  • S Focus the camera on the Rosetta spacecraft

  • I Toggle the visibility of the free-floating image plane

  • P Toggles the image projection of Rosetta; useful if making long time jumps and not wanting to wait for the image projections to occur

  • F Toggles the visibility of Philae’s trail

  • F5 Jumps to the initial approach of Rosetta to 67P

  • F6 Jumps to the time when the Philae lander is released

  • F8 Removes all image projections from 67P