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PHOTOS: European spacecraft lands on comet

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Wednesday, November 12, 2014
FILE - In this Aug. 3, 2014 file photo taken by Rosetta's OSIRIS narrow-angle camera Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is pictured from a distance of 285 kms.
PHOTOS: European spacecraft lands on cometFILE - In this Aug. 3, 2014 file photo taken by Rosetta's OSIRIS narrow-angle camera Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is pictured from a distance of 285 kms.
ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team, File

The European Space Agency's spacecraft made history by successfully landing on a speeding comet Wednesday after a 10-year journey through the solar system.

Rosetta was the first spacecraft to orbit a comet, but now it has drifted down to the comet and latched on using harpoons and ice screws.

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