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November 05, 2014

To Agilkia... and beyond: Comet landing site is named
Paris (AFP) Nov 04, 2014
Will space historians one day say "Agilkia" with the same awe as they utter "Tranquility Base," where in 1969 Man first walked on the Moon? Agilkia - called after an island on the Nile - has been selected as the name of the site for the first landing on a comet, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Tuesday. The historic event will take place on November 12, when ESA's Rosetta spacecraft will send down a robot lab, Philae, to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Rosetta is named after the st ... read more

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