Go-go-go! Rosetta’s Philae lander descent to comet surface
The fantastic decade-long mission of ESA’s Rosetta robotic space probe chasing Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko reached its zenith Wednesday with the Philae lander detaching from the mothership, beginning its first-ever seven-hour descent to icy the comet.
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12 November 2014
19:07 GMTA doodle landed on our homepage to celebrate the Philae landing on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Congrats, ESA! http://t.co/dR7v2uQ9yT
— Google Doodles (@GoogleDoodles) November 12, 2014- 19:06 GMT
.@ESA_Rosetta See for yourself! ROLIS imaged #67P when we were just 3km away! Glad I can share. #CometLandingpic.twitter.com/b6mcid2fsn
— Philae Lander (@Philae2014) November 12, 2014 - 19:06 GMT
A doodle landed on our homepage to celebrate the Philae landing on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Congrats, ESA! http://t.co/dR7v2uQ9yT
— Google Doodles (@GoogleDoodles) November 12, 2014 - 17:08 GMT
I’m on the surface but my harpoons did not fire. My team is hard at work now trying to determine why. #CometLanding
— Philae Lander (@Philae2014) November 12, 2014 - 16:47 GMT
"We're are on the comet!" #cometlandinghttps://t.co/c6xIWJp0TR
— ESA (@esa) November 12, 2014 - 16:46 GMT
Touchdown! My new address: 67P! #CometLanding
— Philae Lander (@Philae2014) November 12, 2014 - 15:30 GMT
'Moving in for the kiss': @Philae2014 exptected to land on #67P comet in approx 5 mins http://t.co/2Rhl3k9a7npic.twitter.com/gxvl7j1tPE
— RT (@RT_com) November 12, 2014 - 15:18 GMT
The landing gear is down; it's less than 30 minutes to the touchdown.
- 14:59 GMT
Epic view of Philae on the way to the comet! pic.twitter.com/DK0gVzDld2
— Chris B - NSF (@NASASpaceflight) November 12, 2014 - 14:41 GMT
The Philae lander is on the right track and is correctly positioned, according to ESA.
