As Rosetta continues to look for the optimal landing spot Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, the satellite has beamed back a stunning shot from deep space.

According to CNN, the European Space Agency (ESA), Rosetta's mission managers, is holding its breath while they examine the best possible landing spot on 67P. What is truly tense about the mission is the Philae lander will have to act on its own after detaching from Rosetta due to the sheer distance from Earth.

By Monday, ESA expects to whittle five possible landing spots down to two, with the final decision due in Oct. Rosetta took 10 years to reach its target, a trek so long, the satellite had to hibernate as it floated deep into space. After waking up earlier this year, the ESA hopes to accomplish something never before done: attach a probe to a comet as it sails toward the sun.

"There are certain parts of the comet where you won't be able to do any science because you will never get the lander in enough sunlight to be able to recharge the batteries," Matt Taylor, a Rosetta project scientist, told CNN.

He said he was initially excited to see Rosetta take its first few close-ups of the comet, but quickly grew wary of 67P's odd shape.

"What are we going to do with this? Where are we going to go?" he recalled asking.

"It has presented a challenge as to where we can land on the comet because there are certain regions you just can't reach. The neck is quite difficult to get to - it's difficult to get a trajectory that will end up on that point without clipping one of the lobes."

Comets have an interesting composition, including dust and ice, leading scientists to believe they may have brought water to Earth. If successful, Rosetta will give the scientific community unprecedented data regarding comets.