Rosetta s journey around the comet

Animation visualising Rosettas twoyear journey around Comet 67P, ChuryumovGerasimenko. The animation begins on 31 July 2014, during Rosettas final approach to the comet after its tenyear journey through space. The spacecraft arrived at a distance of 100 km on 6 August whereupon it gradually approached the comet and entered initial mapping orbits that were needed to select a landing site for Philae. These observations also enabled the first comet science of the mission. The manoeuvres in the lead up to,