The European Space Agency on Monday (Sept. 15) unveiled the target comet landing site for its historic Rosetta mission, which will drop the Philae lander on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in ...

The ESA first identified 10 possible landing sites, but has since narrowed that down to five. "This is the first time landing sites on a comet have been considered.

The European Space Agency celebrated a first-ever achievement Wednesday after landing a spacecraft on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The successful touchdown of the Philae lander ...

The European Space Agency will unveil the target comet landing site for the Rosetta spacecraft and its Philae lander on Sept. 15. See how the mission will unfold.

ESA’s Rosetta – and her companion spacecraft – Philae – parted ways on Wednesday, ahead of a historic landing on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Philae conducted the ...

The Rosetta mission will reach its climax on Wednesday when scientists attempt to land a spacecraft on a moving comet. Here’s why we should all be excited.

A probe chasing a comet is about to make a daring attempt to land on its deep-space target — and now the robot's landing site has an official name.

The Rosetta space probe has crash-landed on the surface of a distant comet, ending a remarkable 12-year mission that made a series of breakthrough discoveries.