Trying to orbit a comet as it rockets through space is no easy task—but that’s just what the European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft is poised to do. Here’s how.
https://gizmodo.com/how-europe-is-going-to-land-on-a-comet-1480478458
If all goes to plan, at 05:00 EST on January 20th, Rosetta will awake from its slumber, having been in standby during its three-year trip to Jupiter. When it wakes, it will initially orbit—then hopefully land on!—a comet. This video shows how it’ll do it. [New Scientist]
