30 years ago, one tiny space probe's comet flybys defied all scientific expectations - Inverse

The Giotto probe paved the way for Dawn, Rosetta, and so much more.

Twenty years ago this week, a small spacecraft that had already taken a beating from zipping head-on in the direction of Halleys Comet at a speed of 245,000 kilometers per hour visited a second com… [+7971 chars]

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