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  Scientists discover last photo of Rosetta spacecraft taken moments before crash landing

  Science | October 01, 2017 8:32 IST

  After analysing the spacecraft’s final transmission, scientists uncovered one more image – a blurred photo captured a few feet away from the comet’s surface

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  WATCH: European Space Agency's historical Rosetta to crash into a comet this Friday

  World | September 29, 2016 11:29 IST

  The European Space Agency is in the process of making final preparations to crash its Rosetta spacecraft that began its probe in 2014 into a comet. Rosetta arrived at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on August 6, 2014,

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  Comet landing 'Breakthrough of the Year': Physics World

  World | December 13, 2014 12:45 IST

  Washington:  The landing of the Philae probe, the first by a man-made probe on a comet, has been named Breakthrough of the Year 2014 by Physics World magazine."History was made at 15:35 GMT on 12

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  European space mission to land on comet Nov 12

  World | September 28, 2014 12:15 IST

  London: The European Space Agency's Rosetta mission will deploy its lander Philae on a comet Nov 12.The comet - 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko - is a remnant of the solar system's 4.6-billion-year history.The Philae's landing site, currently known