On Friday, European  's (ESA) spacecraft  ended its mission, crashing into  . Rosetta is the first spacecraft to orbit a comet; it traveled in space for twelve years and about eight billion (about five billion ). 3-D model of Rosetta. The actual Rosetta is black. The ESA's , Germany control centre ceased to receive signals from the spacecraft, confirming the Rosetta mission's end, at 11:19 . Mission controllers said it was traveling about 90 per second on impact (two miles per hour), about a walking pace.
On Friday, European Space Agency 's (ESA) spacecraft Rosetta ended its mission, crashing into comet . Rosetta is the first spacecraft to orbit a comet; it traveled in space for twelve years and about eight billion (about five billion ). 3-D model of Rosetta. The actual Rosetta is black. The ESA's , Germany control centre ceased to receive signals from the spacecraft, confirming the Rosetta mission's end, at 11:19 . Mission controllers said it was traveling about 90 per second on impact (two miles per hour), about a walking pace.
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