2004-03-02 launch

Rosetta — launch

Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

Mission: Rosetta

• Space transportation

Rosetta was a space probe built by the European Space Agency that launched on 2 March 2004.

2014-01-20 mission operations

Rosetta wakes from hibernation

ESA’s comet spacecraft resumed communications after deep-space hibernation.

2014-08-06 comet exploration

Rosetta arrives at comet 67P

Rosetta reached its target comet and began accompanying it around the Sun.

2016-09-30 mission end

Rosetta mission ends on its comet

Category: Returns and Mission Endings › Type: Controlled impact

Mission: Rosetta

Rosetta’s controlled descent to comet 67P ended the mission.