article_snippet.sent: On Saturday, Rosetta swooped to within just 8.6 miles (14 km) of comet 67P's surface.
article_snippet.sent: As part of the recent moves around comet 67P, Rosetta swooped to within about 8.6 miles (14 km) of the comet’s surface on Saturday. 
article_snippet.sent: After a four billion mile (6.5 billion km) journey, the Rosetta probe then successfully released the Philae lander from the Philae lander grip to land on the comet on 12 November 2014, travelling at 3.3ft (one metre) per second relative to the comet.
article_snippet.sent: But when the Rosetta probe first made contact with the surface the Rosetta probe failed to fire harpoons that would have kept the Rosetta probe attached to the comet.
article_snippet.sent: This resulted in the Rosetta probe bouncing to a height of 0.62 miles (1km) above the comet before again landing on the surface.
article_snippet.sent: The probe will be brought within nine miles (15km) of the comet, with The probe path taking The probe right through 67P’s geysers.
article_snippet.sent: The probe gripped the imaginations of the world when The probe landed on comet 67P on 12 November 2014.
highlights_snippet.sent: On Saturday, Rosetta was just 8.6 miles (14 km) of the comet’s surface .
  