On March 2, 2004, the European Space Agency launched the Rosetta mission to study Comet 67P. Rosetta would later become the ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - The Rosetta spacecraft ended its historic mission on Friday, crashing on the surface of the dusty, icy comet it has spent 12 years chasing in a hunt that has provided insight into ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Douze ans après son lancement, la sonde Rosetta s'est posée en douceur vendredi à la surface de la comète 67P/Tchourioumov-Guérassimenko, ultime étape d'une mission historique qui ...

After 10 years spent traveling more than 6 billion km through space, Europe’s Rosetta mission has arrived at its destination — 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko — becoming the first spacecraft in history to ...

ESA’s Rosetta mission achieved a historic first by reaching and deploying a lander on a comet, but the landing did not go as planned. When Philae’s anchoring systems failed, the lander bounced across ...