2013–2020: New Spacefaring Nations and Sample Return
Rosetta / Philae
First comet landing; Rosetta’s long-term comet study was transformative.
Era 5 of 6 · full record in the catalog
- Launch
- 2 Mar 2004
- Lead / partner
- ESA
- Target
- Comet 67P
- Category
- Comet orbiter / lander
- Status
- Success
- Vehicle
- unknown
- Mass
- unknown
- Orbit / trajectory
- unknown
Why it happened
Rosetta / Philae flew during 2013–2020: New Spacefaring Nations and Sample Return, as part of ESA's work toward comet 67p. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.
The mission
The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: First comet landing; Rosetta’s long-term comet study was transformative.
Results
First comet landing; Rosetta’s long-term comet study was transformative.
Related missions
Sources & image credits
- Artist concept: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ESA · license: public-domain (source, checked 2026-08-22)
- Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
- Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog