All robotic eyes on comet for Mars flyby
Sunday, October 19, 2014 - 12:00
in Astronomy & Space
All eyes on Mars—robotic or otherwise—were focused toward a comet the size of a small mountain set to whiz past the Red Planet on Sunday.
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