How Rosetta arrives at a comet
Paris (ESA) Aug 05, 2014 - After travelling nearly 6.4 billion kilometres through the Solar System, ESA's Rosetta is closing in on its target. But how does a spacecraft actually arrive at a comet? The journey began on 2 March 2004 when Rosetta was launched on an Ariane 5 from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Since then, Rosetta has looped around the Sun five times, picking up speed through three gravity- ... more
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