From Lou Mayo (NASA): History will be made today as a spacecraft touches down on a comst! The ESA Rosetta spacecraft has released its Philae lander on target for Comet 67P C-G. Touchdown is expected at around 11am EST. You can watch the feed on NASA TV beginning at 9am EST. Check out the details of this amazing accomplishment in human history at http://rosetta.jpl.nasa.gov/. Also, live coverage can be found here: http://new.livestream.com/ESA/cometlanding
At roughly 10 AM CST the Philae Lander will touch down on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. It separated from the Rosetta spacecraft last night. Check out the ESA website: http://rosetta.esa.int/ for live updates and images as they come in.
The Astronomical League is working with NASA to bring you some special observing opportunities and awards. The second of these is coming up very soon. It is to celebrate rendezvous of Comet 67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko with the Rosetta spacecraft. The target date is November 12, 2014. Submissions must be made to the NASA website by January 12, 2015.
In brief, you need to take a picture of the comet and submit it to the NASA website. You also need to do an outreach event related to this event before January 12, 2015 and note it when you submit your image. There is no pin, this does NOT count towards a Master Observer Certification, but there is a certificate signed by NASA and the AL President.
The NASA website address is:
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/observe67p.cfm
If you have questions, send them to Aaron Clevenson at aaron@clevenson.org.