A high stakes voyage The European Space Agency launched the Rosetta spacecraft in 2004. Its destination was a massive, fast ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Sept. 30, 2016, the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft purposely crashed into a comet.Rosetta launched in 2004 and ...

The space probe Rosetta made a historic rendezvous with a comet on Wednesday, climaxing a 10-year, six-billion-kilometre (3.7-billion-mile) chase through the Solar System, the European Space Agency ...

BERLIN, Germany -- Europe's comet-chasing space probe Rosetta performed its final task Friday, dipping out of orbit for a slow-motion crash onto the icy surface of the alien world it's been following ...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - High-resolution cameras on the European Space Agency's (ESA) Rosetta spacecraft have found space probe Philae, which landed on a comet nearly two years ago only to lose power ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On March 2, 2004, the European Space Agency launched the Rosetta mission to study Comet 67P. Rosetta would later become the first ...

The Philae lander from European Space Agency's Rosetta mission's landed on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Credit: ESA - ...

Updated 1:50 p.m. EST A comet-chasing space probe woke up from hibernation on Monday, after scientists waited an agonizing several hours for the craft’s signal to reach earth. The probe Rosetta was ...

BERLIN, Germany -- Europe's Rosetta space probe has located its lost Philae lander, wedged in a "dark crack" on a comet, the European Space Agency said Monday. Rosetta's camera finally captured images ...

new video loaded: Rosetta spacecraft successfully enters orbit of comet Scientists at the European Space Agency are celebrating a landmark event, with the successful entry of the Rosetta spacecraft ...