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18 FEB. 2004
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Rosetta's journey
An animation of Rosetta's 12-year journey, which began in February 2004, with an Ariane 5 launch from Kourou in French Guiana. It performs three fly-bys of Earth and one fly-by of Mars, reaching the comet in 2014.
Life of a comet
This animation shows how most comets originate in an area beyond the orbits of Neptune and Pluto, filled with millions of tiny comet nuclei. Occasionally a comet has a gravitational encounter with a planet and is dragged into orbit around the Sun.
VideoTalk Archive
VideoTalk is an exciting new multimedia feature that discusses the questions we hope will be answered by pioneering space exploration. See and hear exactly what evidence we hope to find on the surface and in the atmosphere of this rusty planet.
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