Spacecraft Rosetta arrives at Comet 67-P after decade-long journey
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Subject: Spacecraft Rosetta arrives at Comet 67-P after decade-long journey Thu Aug 07, 2014 1:14 am
After more than 10 years travelling 6.4-billion kilometres on a road trip around the solar system, the spacecraft Rosetta has "arrived" at its destination, a distant comet named 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
About 7pm local time on Wednesday, the European Space Agency's comet chaser came within 100 kilometres of the surface of Comet 67-P, which is hurtling around the Sun at up to 135,000km/h.