A Charming Animation Summarizes the European Space Agency Rosetta Mission to Land a Spacecraft on a Comet

A charming animation summarizes the European Space Agency (ESA) Rosetta mission which successfully landed a spacecraft on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko on November 12, 2014. The animation is the latest in a series of videos that personify the Rosetta and Philae craft and depict various stages of the mission.

Rosetta and Philae were ready for their biggest challenge yet: landing on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. As Rosetta bid her lander farewell and sent him to the comet’s surface, the whole world looked on, anxious to see what would happen next…

Glen Tickle
Glen Tickle

Amelia's dad. Steph's husband. Writer, comedian, gentleman. Good at juggling, bad at chess.