this is so difficult to even think about attempting, WOW;

 

http://www.space.com/topics/rosetta-spacecraft/

 

 

Fingers crossed for a suitable landing spot, now that the landing gear has malfunctioned !

Success!!!

http://www.fromquarkstoquasars.com/rosetta-mission-just-landed-comet/

 

Just saw the report on the news...the pictures of the surface of the comet are fantastic. It's beyond wrapping my head around how they got the thing to even FIND the comet let alone land on it. Too bad the USA is out of the space race.

10 years of planning + 10 years of travel time, that's technology that is 20 years old effectively.

Rosetta Mission ESA Animation Video Landing on a Comet

Published on Nov 12, 2014 by by European Space Agency, ESA

Animation video by NASA and ESA about Rosetta Mission: Landing on a Comet.

Overview of the Rosetta Mission I Exploratorium
So, it was done before by NASA?
Video about Comets


Published on Feb 3, 2014
Join Exploratorium scientists Paul Doherty and Isabel Hawkins for a live webcast as they share information about the Rosetta Mission, which is due to be "woken up" on January 20th, 2014. Rosetta is a spacecraft en route to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, where it will make the most detailed study of a comet ever attempted.