Livestream of tonight's festivities.
Update: And it's all over. Mission managers confirmed that the mission ended at 7:19am ET (12:19pm GMT) with the loss of Rosetta’s signal after the spacecraft impacted the comet. A great mission has just come to a conclusion.
Original post: It's time for Europe's comet probe, Rosetta, to die. At 4:48pm ET Thursday, the spacecraft fired its thruster for 208 seconds, setting Rosetta on course for a controlled descent to the surface of its comet on Friday morning at approximately 7:20am ET (12:20pm UK).
In accord with the spacecraft's descent to the surface, the European Space Agency will provide live coverage via Livestream about an hour before the landing time. The live video will feature status updates from mission controllers live from the European Space Operations Center in Darmstadt, Germany.
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