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AndyG43
November 12th, 2014, 07:24
Well, Philae has anyway. At 17:03 CET Philae successfully landed on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko; she is successfully anchored to the comet and is already returning telemetry. Eumours that life has been found are, as yet, unconfirmed .....

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philae_(spacecraft)

huub vink
November 12th, 2014, 09:30
Yep, and quite an effort. A very successful end of a long and extremely complex space mission :encouragement:.

Cheers,
Huub

Mickey D
November 13th, 2014, 04:28
.....and don't upset the soup Dragon! :biggrin-new:

jimjones
November 13th, 2014, 07:57
https://www.flickr.com/photos/europeanspaceagency/sets/72157638315605535/