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  • Europe ready to land 1st probe on streaking comet

    11/12/2014 6:21:31 AM PST · by Fester Chugabrew · 41 replies
    AP ^ | Nov. 11, 2014 12:19 PM ET | Frank Jordans
    BERLIN (AP) — How do you land a spacecraft on a comet that is streaking by at 41,000 mph (66,000 kph)? That's a problem scientists have been grappling with for more than a decade as they prepare for one of the most audacious space adventures ever — the European Space Agency's attempt to land a scientific probe on the giant ball of ice and dust known as 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.