Space probe Rosetta was launched 10 years ago to meet with comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. It wil be the first space mission in history to rendezvous with a comet, escort it as it orbits the Sun, and deploy a lander.
The spacecraft entered deep-space hibernation mode in June 2011, and 'woke up' on 20 January 2014. Rosetta has arrived at the comet in August 2014, and will deploy the Philae lander in November 2014.
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