ESA Ramps Up Rosetta Comet Landing Site Selection

HOUSTON—The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosetta mission managers are working toward mid-October for a pair of key landing site and operational decisions to initiate touchdown of the Philae lander on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Current planning supports a Nov. 11 touchdown of the squat, three...

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