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EuroNews looks at ESA's Rosetta mission
11-02-2007 · European Space Agency (ESA)EuroNews looks at comets and the challenges of ESA's Rosetta mission, currently on its ten-year journey to meet comet 67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
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