Monday, February 3, 2014
Two Greek primary schools, Ellinogermaniki Agogi Primary School (video) and 26th & 29th Primary Schools of Acharnes Olympic Village (video) won first and third place respectively in the contest "I helped to wake up, Rosetta" of the European Space Agency!! The rules were simple: children were asked to take out their mobile phones and record a "selfie" of them shouting “Wake up, Rosetta!” It is noted that the spacecraft Rosetta entered hibernation mode on 8 June 2011 and was programmed to re-establish contact on January 20.
The winning video of Ellinogermaniki Agogi has received 10508 votes and featured an original music theme composed by Oda Rolfsnes, a young girl from Norway, accompanied in the flute by Eugenia Veskouki , a young girl from Greece. The video of the 26th & 29th Primary Schools of Acharnes, has received 5791 votes and was entitled "Breath Life to Rosetta".
See also: ESA: Official Competition Page, Space.com : Sleeping Rosetta Spacecraft Wakes Up for Historic Comet Rendezvous and Landing