After Rosetta, Japanese mission aims for an asteroid in search of origins of Earth's water
Friday, December 19, 2014 - 08:00
in Astronomy & Space
The European Space Agency's Rosetta mission to land on comet 67P was one of the most audacious in space history. The idea of landing on a small chunk of icy rock 300m kilometres away from Earth and hurtling towards the sun at speeds approaching 135,000km/hour is incredible – made more so by the fact they actually achieved it.