Europe?s Rosetta spacecraft is en route to intercept a comet--and to make history. In 2014, Rosetta will enter orbit around 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and land a probe on it for a front row seat as the comet heads toward the disintegrating heat of the sun.
FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/02feb_rosetta/
A video version of this story is available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoePrO4-fGQ
