Rosetta ends space mission by crashlanding on its comet

September 30, 2016 17:37

The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft has ended its 12-year space odyssey in a spectacular fashion, crashlanding on a comet it has circled and studied for two years to learn the origins of the solar system.

At the mission control centre in Darmstadt, Germany, as spacecraft operations manager Sylvain Lodiot announced the controlled crashlanding of Rosetta, wild cheers broke out spontaneously.

European Space Agency director general Jan Woerner tweeted soon after: 'Thank you Rosetta.'

Image alongside shows the Philae's parting image of Rosetta, taken shortly after separation. Photograph by ESA/Rosetta/Philae/CIVA.

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