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Rosetta Spacecraft Set for Unprecedented Close Study of a Comet

Tuesday, August 5, 2014 - 18:40 in Astronomy & Space

After 10 years and four billion miles, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft is to sync up with a comet on Wednesday, and will place a lander on the comet’s surface in November.

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