The Rosetta odyssey: first ever comet-chaser
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Paris, France (SPX) Mar 04, 2024
Two decades ago, on March 2, 2004, the European Space Agency's (ESA) Rosetta spacecraft embarked on an audacious journey that would push the boundaries of human knowledge and technology. Launched aboard an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana, Rosetta set off on a 7.9 billion-kilometer odyssey to rendezvous with and study comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, a journey that would offer unprecedented in