European Spacecraft
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European spacecraft Philae lander creates history, touches down on a speeding comet
World | Nov 13, 2014, 09:38 AM ISTDarmstadt: Landing with a bounce after travelling 4 billion miles, a European spacecraft made history Wednesday by successfully reaching the icy, dusty surface of a speeding comet - a cosmic first designed to answer big
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Comet flyby caused intense meteor shower on Mars
World | Nov 08, 2014, 11:04 AM ISTWashington: The comet Siding Spring that buzzed past Mars Oct 19 caused an intense meteor shower and added a new layer of ions, or charged particles, to the ionosphere, NASA said.The effect of the comet
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European spacecraft set for date with comet on Nov 12
World | Nov 07, 2014, 12:15 PM ISTWashington: The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft is now less than a week away from landing a robotic probe on a comet - a first-ever soft landing of a spacecraft on a space object.After sailing
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