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The European Space Agency's ADM-Aeolus global wind mapping satellite is successfully launched via a Vega rocket from Guiana Space Centre.
2018-08-22

The European Space Agency's "Rosetta" space probe ends its 12-year mission studying comet 67P-Churyumov–Gerasimenko in a "collision maneuver" into the comet's surface.
2016-09-30

The European Space Agency's robotic lander "Philae" is discovered wedged in a crack between some rocks in the shadow of a cliff on 67P-Churyumov–Gerasimenko by the Rosetta space probe after being lost since 2014.
2016-09-5

An article published in "Nature" reports high levels of molecular oxygen found by the Rosetta space probe on comet 67P-Churyumov-Gerasimenko. This discovery could have implications for theories of the origin of the solar system.
2015-10-28

The Philae lander on comet 67P-Churyumov–Gerasimenko has lost contact with the European Space Agency (ESA) ground control.
2015-07-20

The European Space Agency's "Philae" spacecraft wakes up after six months in hibernation as comet 67P-Churyumov–Gerasimenko gets closer to the sun.
2015-06-14

The Philae landing craft is now "stable" after bouncing hundreds of metres from its initial touchdown, and is sending pictures from the surface of the comet 67P-Churyumov–Gerasimenko.
2014-11-13

Europe's Rosetta space probe reaches the distant 67P-Churyumov–Gerasimenko to orbit it and eventually land.
2014-08-6

The Rosetta begins to 'wake up' from hibernation on its mission to rendezvous and land a probe on Comet 67P-Churyumov–Gerasimenko.
2014-01-20

At least part of Comet C-2012 S1 (also known as Comet Ison) emerged from behind the Sun's corona.
2013-11-29