Rosetta Mission Lands on Comet
Historic moment in space exploration. European Space Agencies Rosetta Mission is first to land on Comet.
TIMELINE of Rosetta Mission
- March 2004 Launch
- April 2004 Instrument Checkout & Comet LINEAR
- March 2005 Earth 1 Gravity Assist
- July 2005: Deep Impact Observation
- Feb 2007: Mars Gravity Assist
- Nov 2007 Earth 2 Gravity Assist
- Sept 2008 Asteroid Steins Flyby
- Nov 2009 Earth 3 Gravity Assist
- July 2010 Asteroid Lutetia Flyby
- July 2011 Aphelion/Enter Hibernation
- Jan 2014 Exit Hibernation
- May 2014 Rendezvous with Comet C-G
- Aug 2014 Start Global Mapping of Comet C-G
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