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PHOTOS: Satellite Orbits a Comet for the First Time in History

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In this handout from the European Space Agency (ESA), the comet Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is seen in a photo taken by the Rosetta spacecraft with the OSIRIS narrow-angle camera August 3, 2014 in space. ESA's Rosetta spacecraft became the first to rendezvous with a comet and will follow it on the journey around the sun. (Getty)

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The ESA's Rosetta Satellite became the first one to orbit a comet and will follow Churyumov-Gerasimenko as it circles the sun. See the pictures here.