Sleeping Rosetta Spacecraft Wakes Up for Historic Comet Rendezvous and Landing

Monday, January 20, 2014 - 14:30 in Astronomy & Space

The European Space Agency's Rosetta probe was scheduled to emerge from a 2.5-year-long hibernation at 5:00 a.m. EST today. See how the spacecraft awoke from its deep sleep in deep space.

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