The Discovery That Proved Scientists Wrong | ESA Rosetta Philae

This is a supercut of 2 older videos of mine about ESA's Rosetta-Philae mission to 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. This is probably my favourite ever ESA mission, so to do it justice, I have made a lot of improvements to the older episodes. Improvements include: 4K (where available) and 60fps. New narration audio. New music where I felt it could be improved. A lot of new footage. Condensed two scripts into one. Added additional information where available. You will have to forgive me though, I forgot to add the CGI sticker. Really not ideal and I apologise. But I hope you still enjoy it, I really enjoyed revisiting this one.

Its a shame these missions are not covered more in newspapers and TV. They spend so much time repeating stuff, and overlook incredibly interesting news.

The ESA was using Microdyne 700 series Telemetry receivers at the time this mission started. We built two earth stations for them, One fixed site, and one mobile. Both were turnkey packages, and they ere built in Ocala, Florida. I tested and cerified the digital boards, along with the video filters and the low phase noise Frequency Synthesizers in the receivers.

Philae bouncing on landing was such an unexpected edge of the seat thrill ride! I was rooting so hard for the little guy.

Really cool that they detected Rosetta on a flyby as a potential impact asteroid, just shows how absurdly sharp and observant our ability to detect asteroids with trajectories close to earth has become

This mission was as visionary as it was risky, the dark-side powered down pass by mars, and the unfortunate bouncy landing, with such a long duration to just get there is amazing.

My heart genuinely broke when I heard the news that Philae's harpoons malfunctioned upon landing. Poor little lander.. tumbled, took some hits and still hung on to give valuable data.

I like to think that Philae did whatever it could based on its position on the surface. Thus I like to thank the little lander for what it did <3

It's amazing how these videos breath so much new life into these missions. It can be something from years ago but still feel brand new when watching it on this channel

Considering the immense distances between objects in the solar system, and the vastness of space, it's almost incredible how these insignificant objects made by mankind can pinpoint all these orbits and trajectories with such precision, to be able to reach objects that are also comparatively microscopic compared to the rest of the solar system giants.

14:28 oh my goodness, that video is so beautiful to me. I can only imagine what it’s actually like to stand there and watch what happens as 67P rotates.

Looking at the detailed time-lapse, isn't it incredible to think that every rock, every gouge, every feature has a story to tell. The time spans are unfathomable, but there was an instant in time for everything.

This mission fell off my radar just when the Philae resting place was found. I assumed it was destroyed, and I never checked back on the Rosetta-Philae endgame. Thank you for a masterfully crafted video. You expertly told the story of this amazing scientific adventure. 👍

This mission was so amazing, I remember it well. The orbital shenanigans were crazy, and despite the disappointments of Philae's landing(s), it was still a success on many points. It was epic to follow live. Thanks for the video!

i'm amazed at how much footage we have of comets and asteroids around here, glad you're showing it so we can all see what these missions found out there

Never, in my wildest imagination, did I think I’d live long enough to see close up pictures of a comet much less land on one.

When I was a very young astronomy nut back in the 70's I would have never even thought about landing on a comet. Fantastic video! More pleez!

So happy to see how much science was gained from this mission. I watched it happen live, and they didn't seem too enthusiastic about the rest of the mission after realizing Philae bounced. Fortunately it went well and I learned several things I didn't expect. Those videos of the outgassing particles on the dark side of the comet were amazing!!! It was like actual snow!

Just the math that was needed for those fly by's, and gravity assist are amazing !!!

I'll never forget standing in my driveway when I was an 11 year old kid, staring up at the sky and seeing Hale Bopp whizzing past our planet less than a few hundred miles away. Even now, it still takes my breath away.