Getting Together

Comet 67P/Churyumov- Gerasimenko on a close shot by Rosetta's NAVCAM

Every shot looks closer, every bit of this Comet seems to wonder where will Rosetta land next November on the day that a small spaceship and the rock will meet.

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is being scrutenized for the past few months by Rosetta powerful  cameras, from a distance of 27.8 km above the comet's centre. The image covers an area of about 2 x 1.9 km and focuses on the smaller of the two comet lobes. 

It's visible one of the primary landing sites called  J 'above' located on the distinctive depression. Every thing points out that it will be the chosen spot to dock Philae, the small lander developed by ESA which will be grabbed to the comet in order to perform the first attempt to collect samples from a moving rock comet surface.

November is near and all the incredulous eyes are set on the screen for a new era. 

For now every moment in being set for a major advance in science, that moment when two strangers will meet in space.