A Google hangout with Rosetta mission experts to celebrate perihelion - the closest point to the Sun along the comet’s orbit - which occurred on the morning of on 13 August 2015.
Joining our host Emily Baldwin (ESA Space Science Editor) were: Nico Altobelli - Acting Rosetta Project Scientist, ESAC Michael Küppers - Rosetta Science Operations Coordinator, ESAC Sylvain Lodiot - Rosetta Spacecraft Operations Manager, ESOC Armelle Hubault - Rosetta spacecraft operations engineer, ESOC Barbara Cozzoni - Philae Lander engineer, DLR Holger Sierks - OSIRIS Principal Investigator, MPS Joel Parker - Alice instrument Deputy-PI, SwRI Colin Snodgrass - Professional ground-based observing campaign coordinator, Open University Aurelie Moussi-Soffys - Science activities manager SONC (Philae)
Date: 13 August 2015 Time: 15:00-17:00 CEST (13:00-15:00 GMT)
Background info on perihelion: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Rosetta_preparing_for_perihelion
