Seven Hours to a Comet: Philae's Bouncy Landing
On November 12, 2014, ESA's Philae lander bounced twice across comet 67P before settling at Abydos, achieving the first-ever soft landing on a comet.
On November 12
Voyager 1's Date with Saturn: November 12, 1980
On November 12, 1980, Voyager 1 flew within 78,000 miles of Saturn, revealing braided rings, new moons, and Titan's thick nitrogen atmosphere.
The Night the Stars Fell: The Meteor Storm of 1833
On the night of November 12-13, 1833, a colossal Leonid meteor storm terrified North America and gave Yale's Denison Olmsted the data to found meteor science.