Rosetta captures first comet image
The European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission, set to become the first craft to observe a comet close up for an extended period of time, has taken its first images of Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko. At a distance of 163 million kilometers,from the craft, the comet appears only as a faint point of light, but the glimpse confirms that the onboard camera is operating.
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