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Piazza dei Signori. L'osservatore - 15 nov 2014

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On 15 February, #RosettaLegacy top-prize winner Cristina Romero visited the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), ESA’s technical heart in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, as part of her award.

Cristina is greatly inspired by space missions like ESA’s Rosetta and dreams of studying aerospace engineering: http://rosetta-legacy.tumblr.com/post/151460034152/

Photos above, credit: ESA–C.Carreau 

Cristina had a great time visiting the facilities, learning about space science and exploration, and meeting ESA scientists Matt Taylor (Rosetta project scientist), Olivier Witasse (JUICE project scientist), Ana Heras (PLATO study scientist) and Johannes Benkhoff (BepiColombo project scientist).

We at ESA greatly enjoyed Cristina’s visit. Space science & exploration are truly inspiring!

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Once Upon a Time... The amazing adventures of Rosetta and Philae

Watch the amazing cartoon adventures of Rosetta and Philae, now back-to-back in one special feature-length production.

Find out how Rosetta and Philae first got inspired to visit a comet, and follow them on their incredible ten-year journey through the Solar System to their destination, flying around planets and past asteroids along the way. Watch as Philae tries to land on the comet and deals with some unexpected challenges! Learn about the fascinating observations that Rosetta made as she watched the comet change before her eyes as they got closer to the Sun and then further away again. Finally, wish Rosetta farewell, as she, too, finishes her amazing adventure on the surface of the comet. Keep watching for one last surprise!

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Impressions of Rosetta’s Legacy: an ebook

In September–October 2016, we invited you to share your stories, images, videos, creations and experiences on the Rosetta Legacy tumblr to convey what the mission had meant to you.

We decided to collect all contributions in an e-book, to keep a long-lasting record of the mission’s impact on a variety of public audiences. This publication presents a collection of these outstanding contributions and provides a taste of Rosetta’s legacy for fellow science communicators, scientists and engineers, educators, space enthusiasts – anyone who was fascinated by the mission.

The e-book (pdf, 33MB) is available here.

Thanks again to everyone who shared their impressions of this extraordinary mission, and to all followers of Rosetta and Philae worldwide.

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Rosetta Legacy top-prize winner announced!

Between 6 September and 7 October 2016, we collected 235 contributions to this tumblr. A huge and sincere thank you to all participants who shared experiences, stories and images of how the mission of Rosetta and Philae to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko has inspired their lives, study and career choices, artistic practice and other creative endeavours!

The authenticity and ingenuity of the submitted entries was overwhelming, and it has been challenging to pick one top prize winner (apologies for the delay!).

One entry in particular caught the attention of the ESA judges for the combination of creative effort and motivation, so we selected Cristina Romero from Spain as the top prize winner. The prize consists in a special visit to ESTEC, ESA’s technical heart in Noordwijk (The Netherlands).

Below is Cristina's winning entry (translated into English):

“Missions like the one of Rosetta have allowed me to discover the wonderful world of space, and as a result I started to look for more information about these topics and I discovered my passion: space.

Since then, every day I need to learn something new, to read the news about advances in aerospace industry and follow the current missions.

I ended up with such a fascination with all this, that my big dream is to be able one day to study Aerospace Engineering, in order to take part to wonderful missions like this one. This is what's pushing me to keep working hard every day, to save up to accomplish my dream, and every time it takes a little less effort to achieve it.

On September 30, the day Rosetta landed on the comet, while I was watching the webcast, I created this pendant-shaped piece to remember everything that this mission has meant to me. It is entirely handmade with polymer clay, crafted while Rosetta was landing to finally rest on Comet 67P, together with Philae.

Many thanks to ESA and the entire team for sharing this mission with us.

Cristina”

We wish to thank again everyone who shared with us what the mission meant to them, and all the followers of Rosetta and Philae worldwide. It is also thanks to you that the legacy of this extraordinary mission will live on forever.

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Ha llegado! Nuestro regalo por fin llego hasta México. Y justo llego en la celebración del día de muertos! Parece que Rosetta y Philae querían estar en nuestra ofrenda a los difuntos. Gracias ESA!

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Rosetta&Philae plush toy has arrived! My kids are so happy and I'm sure that they won't never forget Rosetta and Philae...

Thank you so much @rosetta-legacy

Andrea Francesca Matilde e Pietro from Alessandria - Italy

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Estimados amigos de ESA: Les saludo con gran afecto desde Buenos Aires, Argentina.

12 de octubre. Ya nadie habla de Rosetta, la Esa nohace más posts en su cuenta de Twitter. La misión terminó. Si pudiera ver en vivo al cometa, vería también a Rosetta, posada en su superficie. La mano del hombre en el espacio profundo. Que gran hazaña! Cuánta felicidad llenará las almas de las personas que participaron de tan gran proeza humana. Muchos de ellos son personas anónimas y de muchos de ellos no sé siquiera sus nombres, pero los admiro. Admiro su vocación, su esmero. Han llegado muy lejos.

Tengo 36 años y nada que ver con el mundo de las ciencias espaciales, sin embargo soy una gran entusiasta del mundo de la astronomía. No dejo de mirar el cielo ni un solo día. De pequeña solía pasar mucho tiempo mirando la luna y todos los puntos brillantes que eran diferentes a las estrellas. Y a las estrellas también. Me fascine con Contacto, de Carl Sagan, y con Cosmos con Neil Degrase Tyson. Dicen personas más grandes que yo, que el Cosmos de Carl Sagan era más poético. Veía “El Universo” de Michio Kaku y muchos documentales de Stephen Hawkins. Cuando empecé a leer sobre 67p hace varios años atrás, lo hacía por atracción o por interés de saber que harían detrás de ese cometa, cuál era el propósito. Empecé a darme cuenta de que un grupo de personas tenían como misión enviar a Rosetta a seguir un pedazo de piedra vagando por el sistema solar. Y si bien, ya seguía otras misiones de la nasa por ejemplo, la misión Rosetta me atrapó. Aprendí muchas cosas. Su nombre, el de Klim Churyumov y el de Svatlana Guerasimenko. Pasé muchas horas pensando en como sería Rosetta, la sonda, que tamaño tendría y como serían sus trayectorias. Qué se podría ver si uno estuviera en el espacio con ella. Temble de emoción cuando en 2014 Philae iba a ser lanzado para aterrizar sobre 67p. Lo que la gente común como yo, no dimensiona es que los resultados preliminares de 67p son un hito en la historia de la humanidad. Recuerdo haber visto imágenes de la misión Stardust, Deep Impact, y quedé fascinada de sus resultados. Ahora de 67p sabemos que se encontró oxígeno en estado muy puro, y normalmente no se encuentra así porque es un elemento muy reactivo y se mezcla fácilmente con otros elementos. Esto significa que el oxígeno estaba en el cometa al comienzo del Sistema Solar, hace 4.600 millones de años. Otra fuente de asombro fue el hallazgo de que el núcleo del cometa no tiene campo magnético. Si 67P es representativo de los núcleos de los cometas, es improbable que las fuerzas magnéticas hayan desempeñado un papel en la acumulación de cuerpos rocosos de más de un metro que participaron en la formación de los planetas, deducen los científicos. Estos resultados podrían obligarlos a rever una teoría clave acerca de la formación de los cometas y otros cuerpos del sistema solar. Que el cometa es muy poroso y tiene una densidad muy baja, de unos 0,5 gramos por centímetro cúbico, por lo que flotaría en el agua como un corcho.

Al cierre de la misión se apagaron todos los sistemas a bordo de Rosetta y se pararon las bandas de frecuencia que ha utilizado para que se puedan utilizar para otras misiones sin que se produzcan interferencias. Al 28 de septiembre desde Buenos Aires estaba creando mi usuario en Livestream.com para seguir al máximo posible en mis horarios libres todo lo referido a Rosetta. Y así fue. Fue emocionante ver desde el otro lado del mundo a toda esa gente en esoc dándole los últimos comandos. Los quiero saludar, brindar todo mi respeto y admiración. Durante años viví con un cometa.

Tanto que hasta veía a 67p en los maníes de los bares.

Vivir con un cometa fue muy emocionante, divertido, fascinante, y de mucho aprendizaje.

Voy a seguir otras misiones nuevas para continuar aprendiendo de todos ustedes. Pero siempre tendré un recuerdo especial de la misión Rosetta.

GRACIAS!

https://youtu.be/QMhmlBwEDUc

Quisiera saber como puedo hacer para conseguir una t-shirt de la misión, tamaño S, ya que sé que estoy por fuera de la fecha del concurso y no sé cómo hacer para tener un recuerdo de la fantástica misión Rosetta.

Gracias.

Mariela Romero

Gallo 500, CABA, C1172ABJ Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Final round of spot prize winners - Week 5 (4–7 October)

Dear Rosetta friends,

We have selected the last round of spot prize winners from the Rosetta Legacy competition, who will receive a Rosetta & Philae plush toy:

* Akif Teoman, a designer who created a beautiful silver necklace portraying Rosetta and Philae:

* Arthur Crepin-Leblond, a software engineer who was fascinated by the mission and designed an inventive cartoon featuring our spacecraft heroes and Comet 67P, set up just a few years from now...

* Andrea Cammellieri, who finally succeeded in passing down his fascination for space exploration to his young children, Matilde and Pietro:

* Cicada Lugeret ( @cicadalugeret​ ) who helps run the CosmoCast podcast, and created a heart-breaking episode dedicated to the end of Rosetta’s mission:

* Stephen Atkinson, who made a fascinating painting inspired by Rosetta, Philae and Comet 67P:

Once again, thanks to all of you for the incredible contributions to the Rosetta Legacy. 

Towards the end of October, we will announce the top prize winner of this contest, who will be awarded an exclusive visit to ESA’s ESTEC technical centre in Noordwijk, the Netherlands!

With very best wishes, ~~ The Rosetta Legacy Team

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Back to December 10, 2014 here was five year old Jorge from Portugal, with his new Rosetta and Philae model…

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Dear Rosetta friends,

The submissions to participate to the Rosetta Legacy competition & win ESA prizes have closed on Friday 7 October 18:00 CEST.

You are still welcome to contribute to the #RosettaLegacy campaign and post your contributions so they will appear on the tumblr (but you will not be eligible to win prizes).

Many thanks to all of you who have shared their incredible experiences inspired by Rosetta & Philae and contributed to making this tumblr truly amazing.

It is also thanks to you that the legacy of Rosetta’s mission will live on forever.

With best wishes,

~~ The Rosetta Legacy Team

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A long social space journey

My passion for space things was not ignited by space itself. I work in communication and in 2011 I was looking for a good reason to join, use and try to understand Twitter, which seemed to me such an unfriendly platform compared to Facebook. Casually I found out it was possible to use Twitter to follow live what the Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli was doing during his MagISStra mission. I thought it was an extraordinary thing (only 5 years ago!)... so I "discovered" space through Twitter. Than I began following many other astronauts and space account but wasn't very interested in interplanetary robot exploration, too much engineering going on for me...until Rosetta and Philae. I loved the mission, how it fueled cooperation between different countries and disciplines, the wonderful communication and outreach results, the big events like #wakeuprosetta and #cometlanding and so on. I attended many lectures and events about Rosetta & Philae, including a long afternoon on the stairs of a university hall with my spacefriend Francesca, waiting for little Philae to touchdown... and I tweeted a lot about all what happened (you can find some of the tweets here https://twitter.com/search?q=%40gloriagraizzaro%20rosetta&s=03 ) It was a wonderful ride, many thanks to everyone involved, you made an amazing job that will be remember forever as a milestone in space exploration and communication!

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Putting 67-P into Perspective. This composite compares Comet 67-P C/G to several well-known science fiction craft, putting the comet into terms that everyone can understand.

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“67p: an unexpected topological space” João Martinho Moura, 2016. Data source: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA

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Thankyou Rosetta and Philae for such an exciting voyage through space!  I will miss you both so much!  It's been a great learning experience!  Bravo, ESA!