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- Click on the link with the required wallpaper image size (1024x768 for most PCs). A separate window with the image will open.
- Right-click on the image and select Set As Wallpaper/Background.
Rosetta reaches its cometary target
After entering orbit around Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in 2014, the spacecraft will release a small lander onto the icy nucleus, then spend the next two years orbiting the comet as it heads towards the Sun.
Fly-by of Mars
Rosetta flies past Mars in February 2007 at a distance of about 200 kilometres, obtaining some science observations. An eclipse of the Earth by Mars lasts for about 37 minutes, causing a communication blackout.
Rosetta with Earth in the background
Rosetta first travels away from its home planet and then encounters Earth again, a year after launch, in March 2005. After the first fly-by of Earth, Rosetta heads to Mars and then returns to Earth twice in November 2007 and November 2009 for its second and third fly-bys of our planet.
Last update: 24 September 2004
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