Rosetta Passes Mars En Route to Comet
Credit: CIVA/PHILAE/ESA ROSETTA
Skimming toward its closest approach on Feb. 25, the Philae lander on the European Space Agency's Rosetta probe imaged Mars's Syrtis region and took a self-portrait at the same time (see photo). Four minutes later, the spacecraft passed within 1,000 km. (621 mi.) of the surface in a gravity-boost...
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