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Missions to comets: stories to listen to | HearLore
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Missions to comets
Stardust (spacecraft)Scientists began seeking a dedicated mission to study a comet during the 1980s. Several missions to Comet Halley became the first successful missions to…
Rosetta (spacecraft)The European Space Agency launched the Rosetta probe on the 2nd of March 2004 from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana.
Deep Impact (spacecraft)A comet-impact mission first appeared on NASA's desk in 1996. Engineers at the agency were skeptical that a probe could hit such a moving target.
International Cometary ExplorerOn the 12th of August 1978, the International Sun-Earth Explorer-3 satellite lifted off into a heliocentric orbit. This launch marked the beginning of a…