What was the name of spacecraft which created history on 12 November 2014 and landed a probe on a comet?
Rosetta (spacecraft) Rosetta (spacecraft) Rosetta was a space probe built by the European Space Agency launched on 2 March 2004. Along with "Philae", its lander module, "Rosetta" performed a detailed study of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko (67P). During its journey to the comet, the spacecraft flew by Mars and the asteroids 21 Lutetia and 2867 Šteins. It was launched as the third cornerstone mission of the ESA's Horizon 2000 programme, after "SOHO""Cluster" and "XMM-Newton". On 6 August 2014, the spacecraft reached the comet and performed a series of manoeuvres to eventually orbit the comet at distances of . On 12 November, its lander module
Landing gear the launch mount. Spacecraft designed to land safely on extraterrestrial bodies such as the Moon or Mars usually have landing gear. Such landers include the Apollo Lunar Module as well as a number of robotic space probe landers. Examples include Viking 1 lander, the first lander to successfully land on Mars (November 1976), and Philae which arrived at comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko in 2014 after a 10-year transit and landed on the comet on 12 November 2014. Spacecraft with landing gear designed for use on non-terrestrial surfaces now under development include Prospector-1, with launch planned by 2020, and the large "BFR spaceship",