The European Space Agency has finally, after 10 years and 5 loops around the Sun, inserted the Rosetta spacecraft into a matching orbit with Comet 67P. And the pictures that are slowly coming back are amazing.
See here: Rosetta-spacecraft-takes-amazing-3d-image-of-comets-topography
And what is the temperature of a comet? About -70 Celsius: rosetta-spacecraft-takes-comet-temperature
This link contains more amazing pictures: Rosetta-comet-mission-photos-esa
Here is a summary of Rosetta's mission and designs: Rosetta-spacecraft-comet-landing-explained-infographic
Link to ESA site: Rosetta_arrives_at_comet_destination
Rosetta takes about one image per day: spaceinimages/Missions/Rosetta/
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