Mission to Land on a Comet
February 6, 2012
Europe’s Rosetta spacecraft is en route to intercept a comet– and to make history. In 2014, Rosetta will enter orbit around 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and land a probe on it for a front row seat as the comet heads toward the sun. credit: NASA
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Environment, 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, Spaceflight, Space exploration, pence, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Rosetta space probe timeline, Gerhard Schwehm, Rosetta, Comets
