Philae

Philae comet lander wakes up, says European Space Agency

Posted in Science on 15th Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller

ESA says its comet lander has woken up and contacted Earth. Philae, the first spacecraft to land on a comet, was dropped on to the surface of Comet 67P.
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Philae makes historic first landing on comet

Posted in Hardware on 12th Nov, 2014
by Alex Muller

History was made today as a spacecraft the size of a fridge executed the first successful landing on a comet.
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