The two-part Rosetta spacecraft is designed to orbit and land on the Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in November 2014. See how the Rosetta spacecraft works in this Space.com infographic.

At around 10:30 am EST Wednesday morning, a small probe named Philae made history — by becoming the first spacecraft to ever land on a comet. After a seven hour journey down from Rosetta, the ...

Spacecraft gave scientists their first in-depth look at behavior of comet. — -- A year after Rosetta first slipped into orbit around comet 67P, the European Space Agency's probe continues to ...

The Rosetta mission will reach its climax on Wednesday when scientists attempt to land a spacecraft on a moving comet. Here’s why we should all be excited.

Rosetta's historic 12-year mission 30 photos. The European Space Agency’s $1.6 billion Rosetta spacecraft completed a deliberate crash landing on the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko ...

Rosetta may be the European Space Agency’s boldest mission yet: to tag along with the 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko comet as it passes by the sun, observing it from the Rosetta orbiter and the ...

For a billion miles, the tireless spacecraft called Rosetta has shadowed an icy comet through the solar system, enduring dust storms, fountains of gas and the comet’s mood swings.

Then, at 1:18 p.m., huge antennas in NASA's Deep Space Network picked up Rosetta's broadcast, prompting wild applause and raucous cheers at the Rosetta control center in Darmstadt, Germany.

The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft arrived at its target, Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, today (Aug. 6) to end a 10-year journey across the solar system. The spacecraft performed an ...