Europe's Rosetta Spacecraft Marks 2 Years Orbiting Comet (Video)

Monday, August 8, 2016 - 16:51 in Astronomy & Space

On Aug. 5, 2014, Europe's Rosetta probe became the first spacecraft ever to orbit a comet when it arrived at an icy wanderer known as 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. You can see the paths Rosetta has taken around the comet in a new video animation.

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