Rosetta Makes Visual Contact with Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

In March of 2004 the European Space Agency (ESA) launched the Rosetta spacecraft and began its mission to become the first man-made object to land on a comet. on August 6, 2014 Rosetta made visual contact with the comet and prepared for rendezvous and insertion into orbit. Rosetta will stabilize its orbit in the coming read more Rosetta Makes Visual Contact with Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko