In two weeks, the European Space Agency will crash-land its prized Rosetta spacecraft, marking a dramatic end to the whirlwind two-year science mission that saw humanity's first-ever comet landing. It'll be 48 action-packed hours as Rosetta descends to its ultimate resting place on Comet 67P--and to get you properly excited for that event, we wanted to share the fascinating reason this site was chosen.
In two weeks, the European Space Agency will crash-land its prized Rosetta spacecraft, marking a dramatic end to the whirlwind two-year science mission that saw humanity's first-ever comet landing. It'll be 48 action-packed hours as Rosetta descends to its ultimate resting place on Comet 67P--and to get you properly excited for that event, we wanted to share the fascinating reason this site was chosen.
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