Let's Go to the Movies: Week of July 13, 2020 - The Rosetta Mission
Darlene Heckman
July 13, 2020
The documentary The Rosetta Mission. It tells the story of the European Space Agency launch of the Rosetta space probe in 2004, which arrived at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (67P) after ten years of travel, studied the comet in orbit, and ended its mission in 2016 with a hard landing on the comet. It is a story of extraordinary collaboration and achievement–a reminder of the great things we accomplish when we dare to dream together.
Launched: March 2, 2004
Arrival at comet: Aug. 6, 2014
Goal:This European Space Agency mission with support and instruments from NASA traveled on a ten-year journey to catch the comet “67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko” and answer some of our questions about comets.
Related reading: