Ariane 5 Launch of Rosetta spacecraft
Rosetta is a European Space Agency-led robotic spacecraft mission launched in 2004 intended to study the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Rosetta consists of two main elements: the Rosetta space probe and the Philae lander. The probe is named after the Rosetta Stone, as it is hoped the mission will help unlock the secrets of how our solar system looked before planets formed. The lander is named after the Nile island Philae where an obelisk was found that helped decipher the Rosetta Stone.
3-D Reconstruction of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko's nucleus from Hubble telescope observations
Timeline for the mission after its launch:
* First Earth fly-by (March 2005)
* February 25, 2007 Mars fly-by
* November 13, 2007 Second Earth fly-by
* September 5, 2008 - flyby of asteroid 2867 Šteins
* Third Earth fly-by (November 2009)
* July 10, 2010 - flyby of asteroid 21 Lutetia
* Deep-space hibernation (May 2011 - January 2014)
* Comet approach (January-May 2014)
* Comet mapping / Characterisation (August 2014)
* Landing on the comet (November 2014)
* Escorting the comet around the Sun (November 2014 - December 2015)
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