Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko as seen by space probe Rosetta’s NAVCAM taken from a distance of 28.0 km from the centre of the comet on 31 January 2015.
Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko as seen by space probe Rosetta’s NAVCAM taken from a distance of 28.0 km from the centre of the comet on 31 January 2015.
On 6 August 2014, the spacecraft reached the comet and performed a series of manoeuvers to eventually [orbit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbit) the comet at distances of 30 to 10 kilometres (19 to 6 mi). On 12 November, its lander module *Philae* performed the first successful landing on a comet, though its battery power ran out two days later.Â
Communications with *Philae* were briefly restored in June and July 2015, but due to diminishing solar power, *Rosetta*’s communications module with the lander was turned off on 27 July 2016. On 30 September 2016, the *Rosetta* spacecraft ended its mission by hard-landing on the comet in its Ma’at region.
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On 6 August 2014, the spacecraft reached the comet and performed a series of manoeuvers to eventually [orbit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbit) the comet at distances of 30 to 10 kilometres (19 to 6 mi). On 12 November, its lander module *Philae* performed the first successful landing on a comet, though its battery power ran out two days later.Â
Communications with *Philae* were briefly restored in June and July 2015, but due to diminishing solar power, *Rosetta*’s communications module with the lander was turned off on 27 July 2016. On 30 September 2016, the *Rosetta* spacecraft ended its mission by hard-landing on the comet in its Ma’at region.
