We wish a happy birthday to Klim Churyumov, co-discoverer along with Svetlana Gerasimenko of Rosetta’s comet, in September 1969.

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Klim Churyumov and a 3D model of ‘his’ comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, at the Comet Landing event in ESOC, Germany, in November 2014. Credit: ESA/C.Carreau

Read more about Klim in this interview from the summer of 2014.