ESA remembers the night of the comet
Friday, March 11, 2011 - 11:51
in Astronomy & Space
Twenty-five years ago, ESA made its mark in deep space. A small spacecraft swept to within 600 km of Halley’s comet. The Giotto probe was nearly destroyed by the encounter but what it saw changed our picture of comets forever.
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