ESA HISTORIC ROSETTA MISSION ON COURSE TO FIRST-EVER COMET TOUCHDOWN (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Tuesday, November 11, 2014, 14:19

A lander from the European Space Agency's Rosetta space mission is on course to descend and harpoon itself to the Churyumov-Gerasimenko comet. It has been chasing the space wanderer through the solar system for more than 10 years.

The agency is set to attempt the risky landing on Wednesday, with the separation of the Philae lander planned for about 09.03 GMT and touch down occurring about seven hours later, at 16:02 GMT.

If successful, it will be the first time in the history of space exploration that a man-made object has made it to the surface of a comet.

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