
European Space History
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European Space History
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Can you believe it has been 10 years since we landed on a comet? On 12 November 2014, after a ten-year journey through the Solar System and over 500 million kilometres from home, our Rosetta mission’s lander Philae made history by touching down on a comet for the first time. We're celebrating this extraordinary feat by taking a look back over the mission's highlights ➡️ youtu.be/QzVzcL3vqbg?si… (📽️ESA/@landru79)



Welcome to our week-long replay of #CometLandingRelived coverage as we recall @ESA_Rosetta & @philae2014’s dramatic feat of space exploration ten years ago this week, with all of its unexpected twists and turns...or should that be bounces…?! Let’s pick up the story the night before landing, with four critical “Go/No-Go” moments to complete before @ESA_Rosetta gets the green light to release lander @Philae2014 towards #Comet67P /Churyumov-Gerasimenko 1/





