Timeline event · 2014 · The New Space Era
Rosetta and Philae Reach a Comet
ESA's Rosetta becomes the first spacecraft to orbit a comet and, with its Philae lander, the first to soft-land on one — comet Churyumov–Gerasimenko.
Highlights
- ›First orbit of and landing on a comet
Missions, people & worlds
Knowledge connections
- Part ofThe New Space Era
- Associated with67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
- Associated withRosetta
Sources
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- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
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