Credit & Copyright: ESA,
Rosetta Mission
Explanation:
Panels on ESA's
Rosetta spacecraft appear in
the foreground of
this
intriguing image of Mars recorded on February 25
at a range of about 1,000 kilometers.
Launched in March 2004, Rosetta was near its
closest
approach to the Red Planet during a
gravity
assist flyby maneuver
and is ultimately destined to rendezvous with a comet
designated 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
Below the
comet-chasing
spacecraft lies a dark boundary along
the martian Syrtis region.
But wait ... who took the picture?
The picture was actually captured by the imaging system (CIVA) onboard
Rosetta's lander, Philae, switched on for testing.
The three-legged, box-shaped, 100 kilogram
Philae is scheduled
to attempt a landing on the comet nucleus after
Rosetta's
rendezvous in November 2014.
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