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Video montage of ESA’s Rosetta mission. The orbiter had reached Comet 67P/ Churyumov-Gerasimenko in 08/2014 and remained in close proximity to the nucleus. In 11/2014, a lander (Philae) was released into the surface. Rosetta continued to study all aspects of the comet until mission end in 09/2016.


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