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Rosetta orbiting Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Rosetta’s 11-year expedition began in March 2004, with an Ariane 5 launch from Kourou in French Guiana, and the spacecraft was then sent on its way towards the outer Solar System. The long journey includes three gravity assists at Earth (2004, 2007, 2009), one at Mars (2007), and two asteroid encounters: (2867) Steins (2008) and (21) Lutetia (2010).

Rosetta arrived to the comet in August 2014, and will be the first mission ever to orbit a comet’s nucleus and to deliver a lander, called Philae, on its surface. This will happen on November 12th, 2014. Follow Rosetta's trip here: http://sci.esa.int/where_is_rosetta/

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