ESA Science & Technology - Rosetta Rises to the Challenge

Publication date: 01 November 2002

Authors: Berner, C., et al.

Journal: ESA Bulletin
Volume: 112
Page: pp.30-37
Year: 2002

Copyright: ESA

Few enterprises are more difficult or hazardous than space travel. Yet, even when compared with the achievements of its illustrious predecessors, ESA's Rosetta mission to orbit Comet Wirtanen and deploy a lander on its pristine surface must be regarded as one of the most challenging ventures ever undertaken in more than four decades of space exploration.