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Europes Rosetta probe goes into orbit around comet 67P Europes Rosetta probe has arrived at a comet after a 10-year chase. In a first for space history, the spacecraft was manoeuvred alongside a speeding body to begin mapping its surface in detail. The spacecraft fired its thrusters for six and a half minutes to finally catch up with comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Were at the comet! said Sylvain Lodiot of the European Space Agency (Esa) operations centre in Germany. After 10 years, five months and four days travelling towards our destination, looping around the Sun five times and clocking up 6.4 billion km, we are delighted to announce finally we are here, said Jean-Jacques Dordain, director general of Esa. [ Click the link to read this article in full bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28659783 ]
Posted on: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 14:15:01 +0000

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