Rosetta

Rosetta sends historic first photo from comet, but fears grow over probe’s battery
A probe has made history by sending back the first-ever photos from a comet — but concerns remain over the mission following a landing glitch.
European scientists hope for data after historic comet landing
European scientists are hoping for a stream of data Thursday after a robot lab made the first-ever landing on a comet, a key step in a marathon mission...
Touchdown! Rosetta probe successfully lands on giant comet in space first
The Rosetta mission has successfully landed a probe on a comet moving at 34,000mph in a historic first for space exploration.
Europe’s space agency sets time, place for ‘risky’ comet landing
The European Space Agency has confirmed the time and place it will attempt to land the first spacecraft on a comet.
Rosetta Probe targets first-ever comet landing 4 billion miles from Earth
The European Space Agency (ESA) released a colourful map on Monday that shows the different regions of the 2.5-mile-long (4 kilometre) ice comet known...
'We're here!' After 10 years, space probe finally catches up with comet
A probe launched in 2004 to chase a comet billions of kilometres around space has today made contact with Earth after reaching its target.
'We're at the comet': Space probe prepares to beam back pictures to Earth
A probe launched in 2004 to chase a comet billions of miles around space has today made contact with Earth after reaching its target.
'Armageddon'-style comet hunter close to target
A European spacecraft is closing in on a comet it has been tracking for over 10 years in a mission likened to the action film “Armageddon”.

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