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Artist's impression of Giotto and Comet Halley

Giotto in 1985, with Whipple shield at bottom

Comet Halley's nucleus as seen by Giotto

Cutaway of the Giotto spacecraft.

Giotto approaching the nucleus of Halley's Comet

Giotto ready for the solar simulation test

Giotto's various instruments revealed

Reproduction of original plates of Comet Halley 25 May 1910

Ariane-1 with Giotto on board

Ariane 1 V14 launch with Giotto

Giotto launch preparations

False-colour representation of comet brightness (still)

Ejecta plume from Tempel 1, 13 seconds after impact

Comet surface minutes before impact - last image from impactor

XMM-Newton detects water on Tempel 1

First European images of impact on Comet 9P/Tempel 1

Dust from Comet 9P/Tempel 1 seen with the ESA OGS (red filter)

Deep Impact fly-by and impactor spacecraft

NASA’s Deep Impact spacecraft lifts off

Artist's impression of fly-by spacecraft with impactor

Earth from Rosetta 12:47 UTC 5 March 2005 (2)

Earth from Rosetta 13:08 UTC 5 March 2005

Earth from Rosetta 12:47 UTC 5 March 2005

Earth from Rosetta 12:45 UTC 5 March 2005

Rosetta lift-off

Rosetta’s Philae lander on comet nucleus

Rosetta: Europe’s comet chaser

Comet approach

Rosetta’s deep-space journey

Artist's impression of Rosetta asteroid fly-by

Rosetta swings by Earth

Rosetta swings by Earth

Rosetta’s Philae lander descending onto comet nucleus

Rosetta orbiting Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Rosetta approaching its ultimate destination: Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

The Rosetta orbiter - spacecraft design

Deep-space hibernation before comet rendezvous

Rosetta and its instruments

Rosetta swings by Mars

Rosetta at Europe's Spaceport

Manipulation of Rosetta’s Lander at CSG facilities

Manipulation of Rosetta's lander at CSG facilities

Rosetta orbits comet with lander on its surface

Rosetta - the comet chaser

Artist's impression of the Rosetta orbiter and lander

Rosetta's wings unfurling

Rosetta Flight Model thermal vacuum tests

Giotto and Comet Grigg-Skjellerup approaching each other

Rosetta preparation

Rosetta preparation

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