Rosetta's flyby of the asteroid Steins

[Greg Bryant]

The European Space Agency spacecraft Rosetta, en route to a rendezvous and landing on comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko in 2014, flew past the asteroid Steins on the weekend.

http://www.astmag.com.au/News_20080914_Rosetta.htm

Regards,
Greg

[iceman]

Very cool! Just noticed it on APOD today too.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080908.html

I love the chain of craters, remarkable stuff.

[sheeny]

They're buttons on it's jammies, Mike!:P

Al.