40 Most Powerful Images Of 2014

25. The Rosetta Mission

This view was captured as the Philae lander approached the surface of comet. This made history as the first landing of a robotic spacecraft on a comet.

The Rosetta mission cost close to £1.1 billion and took 10 years. The landing took place 316 million mies away from Earth and the time it took to send news of the landing back to the home planet was 28 minutes, 20 seconds.