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• Rosetta probe heads to first landing on a comet

Madrid. (EP) -. After more than nine hours of waiting, the Rosetta probe of the European Space Agency (ESA) has called to Earth confirm has aroused .

seconds of contact with the heads of its mission, the satellite has pronounced first words through his Twitter account (@ ESA_Rosetta): “Hello World”

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Rosetta has been in the spotlight throughout the day on Monday, as it launches its wake one of the great challenges in space 2014. landing on a comet

Currently, Rosetta is still about 9 million miles from its target. As you approach, will come on and checked the eleven scientific instruments of the probe and the ten the lander.

In early May

the distance to the comet will be two million kilometers. Later that same month is expected to make an important maneuver to adjust the course that will allow you find the comet in August.

The first images of

67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko be received in May, and will be of particular importance to refine estimates of the position and orbit of the comet.

Rosetta

take thousands of images as it approaches, permitting a better understanding of the main features of the comet, such as its speed of rotation or orientation of its axis.