Mission length of 10 years: probe “Rosetta” reached the venue with a comet – RIA Novosti

probe “Rosetta” arrived at the meeting scheduled for August with Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko, pass the French media with reference to the European Space Agency. The flight took 10 years.

interplanetary research probe overcame six billion kilometers and was at the desired point in the Universe 11.29 Paris time.

“Rosetta” went into space 10 years ago, in March 2004.

Moving along a complex path around the Sun, “Rosetta” nearer to Jupiter’s orbit, flew close to Mars and three times – close to the Earth. In July 2010, the unit was about three thousand miles from the 120-kilometer asteroid Lutetia – the largest asteroid that people were able to see at such close range.

In November “Rosetta” will drop on the surface of the three-kilometer comet nucleus planting module “Phil” (Philae) – with the help of scientists will study the chemical composition of the celestial body.