print email comment close ESA: Science & Technology: Rosetta URL: http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/area/index.cfm?fareaid=13 Description: The purpose of the European Space Agency (ESA) Rosetta Orbiter is "to study the origin of comets, the relationship between cometary and interstellar material and its implications with regard to the origin of the Solar System." The site provides a description of the orbiter, an overview of its flight (including "its first Earth swing-by" on March 4, 2005), news, summaries of related publications (with some links to full text), images, and a glossary. Publisher: European Space Agency (ESA) Extra Keywords asteroid Library of Congress Subject Headings: Comets Outer space -- Exploration Space vehicles LII Database Information: Record 3640 created by Maria Brandt on 03/14/2005 Last modification on 03/15/2005 Published: 03/14/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/3640