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Rosetta team bags Physics World award

Johnston, Hamish

The Physics World 2014 Breakthrough of the Year has been awarded to the European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission for being the first to land a spacecraft on a comet.

Philae mission set for reboot

Banks, Michael

Scientists at the European Space Agency (ESA) are hoping that the Philae lander, which successfully landed on a comet last year, will re-establish contact soon as it travels closer to the Sun.

Philae set for science after waking up from hibernation

Banks, Michael

The European Space Agency's Philae lander has woken up following seven months in hibernation mode.

Rendezvous with a comet

Taylor, Matt

After making a successful rendezvous with Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko earlier this year, Europe's Rosetta craft is now riding alongside this celestial body and next month is set to land a probe on its surface. Matt Taylor describes the excitement of this unique project and the scientific insights that it hopes to achieve.

Philae probe makes history as it lands on a comet

Commissariat, Tushna

Space scientists celebrated last month after the European Space Agency (ESA) landed a probe on a comet for the first time.

Rosetta rendezvous with comet following 10-year chase

Commissariat, Tushna

The European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission has become the first spacecraft to rendezvous with a comet.