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Friday, 30 September 2016

Rosetta spacecraft enters final stage of comet crash mission

Scientists behind the historic Rosetta mission have said their goodbyes to the spacecraft as it entered the final stage of its kamikaze descent on to a comet. The £1 billion quest...

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By the numbers: 12 years chasing a comet Times Free Press

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New Toronto police cars getting stealthier Canada Dot Com

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Europe's comet chaser on course for crash-landing The Associated Press

BERLIN (AP) -- Europe&aposs comet-chasing space probe Rosetta was dipping out of orbit Friday for a slow-motion crash onto the icy surface of the alien world it&aposs been following for more than a decade. Scientists sent their final command to the probe late Thursday, ordering Rosetta...

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