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67P on 3rd August 2014. Copyright: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA

Rosetta has become the first spacecraft to rendezvous with a comet, having successfully intercepted comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on the 6th of August 2014 after a journey spanning 10 years.

As Rosetta has come closer to comet 67P/Churyumov Gerasimenko, images have been produced showing the comet's unusual shape. On the 1st of August a new image from the orbiter's OSIRIS camera was released showing the surface of comet 67P in more detail.

Comet-chasing Rosetta mission gives local school students the chance to reach for the stars