by Harvey Leifert Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Launch date: March 2, 2004
Launch place: French Guiana
Launch mass: Rosetta: 2,900 kilograms; Philae: 100 kilograms
Rosetta dimensions: 2.8 x 2.1 x 2.0 meters, plus two 14-meter solar panels
Science instruments: Rosetta: 11; Philae: 10
Years in which gravity assists occurred: Earth 2005; Mars 2007; Earth 2007, 2009
Arrival at 67P: Aug. 6, 2014
Philae lands on 67P: Nov. 12, 2014
Perihelion: Aug. 13, 2015
Controlled Rosetta crash onto comet: Sept. 30, 2016
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