This website tracks the trajectory of the comet-chasing Rosetta

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This week has been a big one for deep-space exploration, as the European Space Agency (ESA) spacecraft Rosetta finally woke from its years-long slumber to prepare a meeting with the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The craft has been on its dutiful mission for the last decade, and now this handy website developed by the ESA, Where’s Rosetta?, can give you an idea of the how the journey has gone so far — and where it’s headed in the near future.

The timeline begins on March 3, 2004 — the day after Rosetta launched into space — within Earth’s orbit. From there, it shows the little spacecraft utilizing planets’ gravity to create a wider and wider orbit, pushing itself further into deep space. The simulation also shows the travels of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, which orbits in a distinct pattern that Rosetta eventually matches up with.

In addition to showing historical data from the Rosetta mission…

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