How do you fly spacecraft to rendezvous with a comet’s nucleus? Back in 1996 when the mission operations preparation activities for the Rosetta mission started at the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC), no one had an answer to this question.

Paolo Ferri continues his unique insider’s view of this ground-breaking mission and its development from concept through to fruition.

Paolo Ferri continues his unique insider’s view of this ground-breaking mission and its development from concept through to fruition.

Paolo Ferri concludes his unique and personal view of the ground-breaking ESA Rosetta mission based on his two decades-long association with the pioneering ESA space mission.