After a 10-year chase taking it billions of miles across the solar system, the Rosetta spacecraft made history Wednesday as it became the first probe to rendezvous with a comet on its journey around the sun. "Thruster burn complete. Rosetta has arrived at comet 67P. We're in orbit!" announced the European Space Agency, which is leading the ambitious project, on Twitter. Rosetta fired its thrusters on its final approach to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, known as "Chury" for short, on Wednesday morning. Half an hour after the burn, scientists announced that the craft had entered into the orbit of the streaking comet.
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Rosetta is attempting to become first spacecraft to orbit and land on a comet
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European Space Agency's 10-year mission has taken Rosetta billions of miles across solar system
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Scientists hope to learn more about the composition of comets
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The robotic lander Philae is due to touch down in November
@placeholder tweeted a photo of the comet after Rosetta's maneuver.