Rosetta spacecraft makes first-ever landing on comet
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Cheers and applause broke out at the European Space Agency after its Rosetta spacecraft makes a first-ever landing on a comet.
Overcoming technical glitches, the European Space Agency craft jettisoned its lander on schedule at around 0400 ET to collect samples from the surface of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, which it has been orbiting since August.
Cheers and applause broke out at the European Space Agency after its Rosetta spacecraft makes a first-ever landing on a comet.
Overcoming technical glitches, the European Space Agency craft jettisoned its lander on schedule at around 0400 ET to collect samples from the surface of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, which it has been orbiting since August.