November 12, 2014 – The European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft successfully landed its Philae probe on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. “Our ambitious Rosetta mission has secured a place in the history books: not only is it the first to rendezvous with and orbit a comet, but it is now also the first to deliver a lander to a comet’s surface,” noted Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA’s Director General. Amptek is proud to have provided the radiation hard hybrid preamplifiers and high voltage opto-couplers for this mission.
