Rosetta space probe set to crash-land on comet on Sept 30

BERLIN (AP) — After a journey lasting 12 years, a date has been set for the comet-chasing spacecraft Rosetta’s last hurrah. The European Space Agency announced Thursday that the probe will end its 5 billion-mile (8 billion-kilometer) odyssey on Sept. 30 by crash-landing on the comet named 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. There it will join its sidekick Philae, […]