ESA presented an interactive 3D simulator of the Rosetta mission (study of comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko)

The Rosetta interplanetary station and the Phil boarding module on board the station have already woken up and are ready for a meeting with the comet Gerasimenko Churyumov. About it already wrote on Habré. But the meeting of the module and the comet will occur only in November of this year, so it will take quite a long time to wait.

In order not to be bored while waiting, the European Space Agency (ESA) has released an interactive 3D simulator of this mission. More specifically, the simulator was prepared by the INOVE Space Models group, which more than once and not two created interesting models, for example, the Solar System or the comet ISON .
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By the way, there are two versions of the simulator - embedded and full-screen . In order to start working with the simulator, you just need to click at any point. The mission will start from the beginning. If you do not want to watch everything, you can explore any stage of the mission.

In addition, the model can be rotated, enlarged and reduced. All this is done with the mouse. The model is very realistic, it shows all the details of the mission, all the maneuvers of the interplanetary station. After reviewing this model, one can understand how complex maneuvers the Rosette has to perform in order to get closer to the end point of its mission. It is difficult to imagine how many calculations scientists had to perform.



In general, it's time to try. On the road :)