Remembering Giotto

Twenty-five years ago, during the night of 13-14 March 1986, the Giotto spacecraft swept within 600 km of Comet Halley, obtaining the first ever close-up images of a comet nucleus. Giotto was a pioneering space mission with a number of very impressive ‘firsts’ and achievements to its credit. Here we look back with a few 'behind the scenes' images.