Rosetta’s Selfie
By Kinda Cool on Sun Oct 25 2026
On October 7, 2014, Rosetta snapped a selfie with a rather impressive backdrop. The comet-chasing spacecraft was some 472 million kilometers from Earth—but j…
On October 7, 2014, Rosetta snapped a selfie with a rather impressive backdrop. The comet-chasing spacecraft was some 472 million kilometers from Earth—but j…
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