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| 'Loss of signal': Rosetta spacecraft crashes onto comet as mission finale (VIDEO) | |
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| The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft has crash landed onto a comet, ending its 12-year mission. | The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft has crash landed onto a comet, ending its 12-year mission. |
| The space probe has been studying the 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko comet for two years. | The space probe has been studying the 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko comet for two years. |
| In the end, the Rosetta spacecraft’s curtain call was met with a sombre silence and then a brief cheer in the ESA's mission control room after it successfully crash landed onto the comet. | In the end, the Rosetta spacecraft’s curtain call was met with a sombre silence and then a brief cheer in the ESA's mission control room after it successfully crash landed onto the comet. |
| Earlier, Paolo Ferri, head of operations at the ESA, described his “sadness” at the mission’s end. | |
| Patrick Martin, who oversaw the ESA project, confirmed the spacecraft had successfully hit its target. | |
| “I can announce the full success of this historic descent of Rosetta towards 67p and I declare the mission operation has ended for Rosetta. | |
| “This is the culmination of tremendous scientific and technical success,” he added. | |
| "Flying to and around a comet for over two years as close as [within] a few kilometers, and more than 500 million kilometers from Earth, is a challenge - and we’ve done it. | |
| “Farewell Rosetta, you’ve done the job. That was space science at its best." | |
| READ MORE: Rosetta spacecraft prepares for final touchdown ending 12 year historic mission (PHOTOS, VIDEOS) | READ MORE: Rosetta spacecraft prepares for final touchdown ending 12 year historic mission (PHOTOS, VIDEOS) |