A European Space Agency probe built by Astrium, launched in March 2004 to conduct a detailed study of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. It rendezvoused with the comet in 2014, became the first spacecraft to orbit a comet nucleus, and released its companion lander Philae for the first controlled touchdown on a comet's surface. The mission concluded in September 2016 with a deliberate hard landing on the comet.
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Rosetta orbited comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko from 2014, and its lander Philae touched down on the comet's surface on 12 November 2014.
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ended its mission by hard-landing on the comet
- In Group: Comet Probes, Rosetta was a space probe built by the European Space Agency that launched on 2 March 2004. Along with Philae, its lander module, Rosetta performed a detailed study of comet 67P/Churyumov?Gerasim
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Rosetta's lander, Philae, landed on the comet's surface on 12 November 2014
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