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How we made history by landing on a comet
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- Title How we made history by landing on a comet
- Released: 12/11/2024
- Length 00:09:09
- Language English
- Footage Type Documentary
- Copyright ESA - European Space Agency
- Description
On 12 November 2014, after a ten-year journey through the Solar System and over 500 million kilometres from home, Rosetta’s lander Philae made space exploration history by touching down on a comet for the first time. On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of this extraordinary feat, we celebrate by taking a look back over the mission's highlights.
Rosetta was an ESA mission with contributions from its Member States and NASA. It studied Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko for over two years, including delivering lander Philae to the comet’s surface. Philae was provided by a consortium led by DLR, MPS, CNES and ASI.
Read the article Philae’s extraordinary comet landing relived.