Comet-chasing Rosetta spacecraft gets wake-up call from deep-space hibernation

Monday, January 20, 2014 - 11:30 in Astronomy & Space

Rosetta, the first spacecraft built to orbit a comet and land a probe on these icy nomads, is now waking up after more than two years of slumber, and videos filmed as part of an international competition will help greet the spacecraft after it awakens.

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