On Wednesday the 12th of November 2014 – shortly after 8am, the European Space Agency (ESA) will attempt to make history. Their Rosetta spacecraft is ready to undertake the next phase of its incredible mission – to launch its robotic lander packed with scientific instruments onto the surface of a comet.
Today, we take a look at Rosetta’s fantastic voyage to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.