The Rosetta-Philae mission was groundbreaking, but Philae’s landing on comet 67P didn’t go as planned. Why did the lander ...

The Philae lander from European Space Agency's Rosetta mission's landed on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Credit: ESA - European Space Agency ...

However, hours later the MPC announced it was removing the object from its records because it wasn't an asteroid at all. It ...

The newly discovered asteroid, named 2018 CN41, turned out to be a Tesla launched into space by SpaceX in 2018.

The MPC has temporarily listed a number of spacecraft as space rocks over the last two decades — including the European Space ...

And in 2007, the MPC had to retire the asteroid designation 2007 VN84 when the object was discovered to be the Rosetta spacecraft — a high-profile European mission then performing a flyby of ...

And in 2007, the MPC had to retire the asteroid designation 2007 VN84 when the object was discovered to be the Rosetta spacecraft—a high-profile European mission then performing a flyby of Earth ...

Maybe Trump, Vance, Zuckerberg, and Bezos could join you. Bon Voyage!

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