36 reactions | What a journey! 朗 17 years ago, the #Rosetta  journey started with the launch of the Airbus-built comet chaser by #Ariane5 . The spacecraft spent 10 years on a voyage of more than 6️⃣ billion kilometres to reach comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko ☄️ https://www.airbus.com/company/history/space-history/exploring-space.html#Rosetta | Airbus Space | Facebook

Today In History On Nov. 12, 2001, American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300 headed to the Dominican Republic, crashed after takeoff from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 260 people on board and five people on the ground. American Airlines Flight 587 was a regularly scheduled international passenger flight from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport to Las Américas International Airport in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic. On November