Which mission first landed on a comet?
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ESA’s Rosetta mission deployed the Philae lander, which became the first spacecraft to land on a comet in 2014. The target was comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.
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Rosetta was a European Space Agency mission that made history in 2014 when its Philae lander touched down on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. It was the first landing on a comet nucleus, a major engineering feat because comet gravity is extremely weak. Philae bounced before coming to rest in a shaded location, but it still sent valuable data. Rosetta orbited the comet and studied its surface, jets, and composition in detail. The mission greatly improved understanding of the building blocks of the early Solar System.
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