Rosetta, Europe's Comet Chasing Spacecraft: Latest News, Images and Video

The Rosetta spacecraft will crash land into Comet 67P after more than a decade in space, concluding one of the greatest unmanned space missions.

At around 6:40 a.m. EDT (1040 GMT) today (Sept. 30), Rosetta is scheduled to crash-land intentionally on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, ending the European spacecraft's epic 12-year mission.

The European Space Agency has commissioned a sequel to the short film "Ambition," honoring a historic mission that's about to come to a dramatic end.

Europe's Rosetta spacecraft will end its mission Friday (Sept. 30) by landing on the comet it's been orbiting for the last two years.

On the same day that the Rosetta probe crashes into a comet, the Science Channel will air a TV special called "Death on a Comet: The Rosetta Mission."

Europe's history-making Rosetta comet mission is coming to an end, and you can watch the grand finale live Thursday and Friday (Sept. 29 and Sept. 30).

The first spacecraft to orbit a comet will end its historic mission on Friday (Sept. 30) with a crash landing.

The Rosetta spacecraft's last maneuver on Sept. 30 will take it toward several active pits on the "head" of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.

In August 2014, ESA's Rosetta Spacecraft will rendezvous with Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and deploy the Philae lander. See photos from the Rosetta comet probe.