European Space Agency's Rosetta Makes Historic First Landing on a Comet

ENN
Nov 15, 2014, 7:05 am18 pts
On Wednesday, Nov. 12, the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission successfully landed on the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Descending at a speed of about 2 mph (3.2 kilometers per hour) the lander, called "Philae," first touched down and its signal was received at 8:03 a.m. PST (11:03 a.m.…

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