Rosetta Uses Earth to Prepare for Deep Impact
European Space Agency scientists took advantage of the first of three Rosetta Earth flybys to check out instruments on the comet rendezvous probe. Testing focused in particular on the asteroid flyby mode package. Launched on Mar. 2, 2004, Rosetta hurtled to within 1,955 km. (1,212 mi.) of Earth on...
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