History beckons for Rosetta comet mission

[Terpe]

All is on course for Wednesday's ambitious attempt to put a probe on the surface of a comet.

Europe's Rosetta spacecraft is currently making a long arc around 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.



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[Terpe]

Fascinating
Science fiction becomes science fact

[Michael Parnham]

Fascinating stuff!

[Terpe]

Rosetta mission: 'Looking good' for comet landing bid

European Space Agency officials say all looks good ahead of this week's historic bid to land on a comet.



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[KeithD]

ESA have reconnected with the spacecraft now, so we await the lovely pictures of rocks and dust

[KeithD]

First image of 5 billion year old rock