The Rosetta probe has woken up ...

... ready for its final approach to [comet very long name]. Fascinating stuff.



Quick BBC article



I've been casting around for details but only finding simple news reports. Kind of intrigued as to how they'll synchronise with any major rotation of the comet, or do they already know it's 'quiet' in that respect?

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