Rosetta Images Asteroid Steins

asteroid Steins Asteroid Steins. Image credit: ESA

September 08, 2008

On its way to a 2014 rendezvous with a comet, the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft successfully flew past asteroid Steins on Sept. 5. JPL manages NASA's participation in the mission and supplied the Microwave Instrument.

For the full story from the European Space Agency, visit

http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMNMYO4KKF_index_0.html .