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Welcome to the Rosetta Lander GalleryNote: These pictures are pure fiction, not science! (For technical drawings and movies take a look at the official Rosetta Lander home page!) (All images are rendered with POV-Ray.)
Contact:
M. Kretschmer, DLR
Institute of Space Simulation, Cologne Germany
(All images and movies are freely availabe, as long as you send a short note to the author!) | |
 After separation from the Rosetta Orbiter the Lander unfolds his legs. | |
 A small thruster accelerates the Lander down to the comet's surface. | |
 Approaching the nucleus of comet 46P/Wirtanen. | |
 The Rosetta Lander has touched down on the comet's surface. | |
 The Lander begins its scientific work. | |
 The CASSE instrument performs acoustic investigations of the cometary surface. | |
 The Lander got new feet! Notice also the new DIM sensor design (top)! | |
Movies (QuickTime® format)
(Get your free QuickTime plug-in for your browser!)  Touch down of the Rosetta Lander on the surface of comet 46P/Wirtanen. (Simplified model) (13.4 MB!) | |
 The Rosetta Lander performs an imaging rotation on the cometary surface. (2.3 MB!) | |
 The separation of the Rosetta Lander from the orbiter (Orbiter view) and descending to the cometary nucleus. (6.9 MB!) | |
 The separation II. (Side view) (3.8 MB!) | |
 Touch down on the surface. (New model) (5.3 MB!) | |
 The Lander begins its work on the cometary surface. (20.3 MB!) Some smaller excerpts: On the surface & panorama turn (9.3 MB!) Deployment of ROMAP (3 MB!) Positioning MUPUS and APX (4.9 MB!) | |
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