Rosetta Survives Close Encounter with Comet Debris

Europe's Rosetta comet-chaser satellite has apparently survived a dangerously close flyby of Comet 67P, which it is accompanying toward the sun, despite a dazzling of its star trackers by cometary debris and a subsequent shutdown of its science instruments. The post Rosetta Survives Close Encounter with Comet Debris appeared first on SpaceNews.com.