OTD In Space – March 2: Rosetta Spacecraft Launches To Comet 67P
On March 2, 2004, the European Space Agency launched the Rosetta mission to study Comet 67P. Rosetta would later become the first spacecraft to orbit a comet. It was also the only mission to attempt a ...
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The probes were launched on 2 March 2004, travelled 6.4 billion kilometres in 10 years and, with the help of a few planet swing-bys, arrived at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on 6 August 2014. DLR ...
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OTD In Space – March 2: Rosetta Spacecraft Launches To Comet 67P
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