Historic spacecraft landing on a fast-moving comet

Wednesday, November 12, 2014 - 10:31 in Astronomy & Space

There's a lot of excitement in the cosmos today. The European Space Agency is attempting to do something never done before -- land a spacecraft on a fast-moving comet. This whole journey started about a decade ago. CBS Correspondent Charlie D'Agata walks us through how scientists are doing it, and CBS News Space Consultant Bill Harwood weighs in on how likely they'll be successful.

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