Rosetta comet landing – live stream
Updates: (Animation of where Rosetta is : <a href="http://sci.esa.int/where_is_rosetta/" rel="nofollow">http://sci.esa.int/where_is_rosetta/</a>)<p>1. Comet is warmer than expected, estimating presence of dust.<p>2. Comet has Ammonia based gases in atmosphere and Magnesium in the soil.  There is water in small amounts.<p>3.  The gravity is one ten thousandth of that of earth.<p>4.  NASA has a few instrument mounted on Rosetta.  The microwave instruments, plasma instruments and Electron analyzer.<p>5.  The landing site has clearly been identified.  Rosetta will send 5 high-res images every hour.  There were some minor hiccups last night.<p>6.  Many high profile science experiments will be conducted during the first 48 hours after landing.  This will be followed by the long term experiments whose results will take time.<p>7.  Rosetta has executed a successful separation phase.  The team is ecstatic :)<p>8.  Team has lost contact with the lander, but the spokesman said this was expected and the contact will soon be reestablished.<p>9.  It will be few hours before some new updates.