Live: The Final Moments of Rosetta, the Comet-Trailing Probe

Follow along as the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft descends on to the surface of the comet 67P.

Sep 30 2016

Follow along as the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft descends on to the surface of the comet 67P.

Comet 67P/C-G, which the probe Rosetta will speed into on September 30. Credit: Rosetta NAVCAM/ESA

This article went live on September thirtieth, two thousand sixteen, at thirty minutes past three in the afternoon.

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