The European Space Agency launched the Rosetta spacecraft in 2004 to study the comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko up close with a lander module called Philae. Rosetta became the first spacecraft to rendezvous with and orbit a comet in 2014. In November 2014, Philae successfully landed on the comet's surface, making the first soft landing on a comet.
The European Space Agency launched the Rosetta spacecraft in 2004 to study the comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko up close with a lander module called Philae. Rosetta became the first spacecraft to rendezvous with and orbit a comet in 2014. In November 2014, Philae successfully landed on the comet's surface, making the first soft landing on a comet.
The European Space Agency launched the Rosetta spacecraft in 2004 to study the comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko up close with a lander module called Philae. Rosetta became the first spacecraft to rendezvous with and orbit a comet in 2014. In November 2014, Philae successfully landed on the comet's surface, making the first soft landing on a comet.