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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)

Hubble captures impact before and after

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)

Flare seen just after impact with Comet 9P/Tempel 1

NASA’s Deep Impact spacecraft lifts off

Deep Impact fly-by and impactor spacecraft

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

The tremendous gravitational pull of a giant black hole

Rosetta’s Philae lander on comet nucleus

Rosetta: Europe’s comet chaser

The Rosetta spacecraft with thermal blankets

Comet approach

Rosetta’s deep-space journey

Artist's impression of Rosetta asteroid fly-by

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Rosetta swings by Earth

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

The Rosetta spacecraft without thermal blankets

Rosetta and its instruments

Deep-space hibernation before comet rendezvous

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

Evolution of D/G Impact Sites on Jupiter

Artist's impression of the Rosetta orbiter and lander

A composite image of the nucleus of comet P/Halley

Rosetta's wings unfurling

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