Facts about Rosetta and Philae Mission

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   Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko surprised scientists by emitting oxygen molecules, a discovery made possible by Rosetta's onboard mass spectrometer instruments.

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   In 2016, the Rosetta mission ended when the spacecraft was deliberately crashed onto the surface of comet 67P to collect close-range scientific data.

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   Rosetta was a European Space Agency mission that spent over ten years traveling through space before reaching its target comet.

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   Philae became the first spacecraft to achieve a soft landing on a comet nucleus, though it bounced twice before settling in a shadowed location.

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   The Rosetta spacecraft became the first mission to orbit a comet when it arrived at comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko in 2014.

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