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Rosetta closing in on its first target

Submit on Friday, July 4th, 2008 06:00

Spacecraft controllers have awoken Rosetta from hibernation to prepare for its encounter with asteroid (2867) Steins on 5 September. ESA’s comet chaser will study the asteroid as it flies by on its way to comet 67/P Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

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