A 10-year mission to land on a comet, in photos
Rosetta left earth in 2004, whipped around it three times to gain speed, and caught up to a comet called 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. On Nov. 12, 2014, the spacecraft dropped a lander onto the comet’s surface. Here’s the 10 year journey, in photographs.
Rosetta left earth in 2004, whipped around it three times to gain speed, and caught up to a comet called 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. On Nov. 12, 2014, the spacecraft dropped a lander onto the comet’s surface. Here’s the 10 year journey, in photographs.
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