Rosetta Probe goes into orbit around comet after 10-year journey

Rosetta Probe goes into orbit around comet after 10-year journey

The European Space Agency’s Rosetta probe made its historic rendezvous with a comet on Wednesday after a 10-year, 4 billion-mile journey.

The car-sized Rosetta probe was launched in 2004, and woke up from hibernation in January for its final approach to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

Photo: An artist’s conception of the Rosetta probe.

[nbc]