FANGRRLS - 5 Things to Know About ESA's Rosetta Mission

FANGRRLS - 5 Things to Know About ESA's Rosetta Mission

 

In March of 2004, the European Space Agency (ESA) launched the Rosetta spacecraft on a journey to orbit and study the Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. It reached its target a decade later, executing its last command early this morning. All of space Twitter collectively teared up as we said our final farewells to this incredible mission. Before its final dive into the comet, Rosetta gifted the science community with a few more final images of space porn that will undoubtedly be examined and dissected for years to come.
If any of this is news to you or you’re keen to know more about Rosetta, here are five things you should know.

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