On 12 November 2014, after a ten-year journey via the Photo voltaic System and over 500 million kilometres from house, Rosetta’s lander Philae made area exploration historical past by touching down on a comet for the primary time. On the event of the tenth anniversary of this extraordinary feat, we rejoice by looking again 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, together with delivering lander Philae to the comet’s floor. Philae was offered by a consortium led by DLR, MPS, CNES and ASI.

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