Rosetta-Philae Probe: How Humans Touched Down on a Comet for the First Time
Tuesday marks the tenth anniversary of a huge astronomical milestone: the first and only time we have landed on a comet. The ...
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OTD In Space - November 12: Philae Spacecraft Gets Lost On Comet
On November 12, 2014, a European spacecraft named Philae tried to land on Comet 67P. To say it was a bumpy landing would be ...
Philae's extraordinary comet landing relived
On 12 November 2014, after a 10-year journey through the solar system and over 500 million kilometers from home, Rosetta's lander Philae made space exploration history by touching down on a comet for ...
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Ten years ago: Philae becomes first probe to land on a comet
For some, it feels like just yesterday; for others, it's like an entire era of comet research. Ten years ago, on 12 November 2014, the Philae lander made the first-ever landing on a comet in the ...
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Special Issue: Philae Results Shed Light on the Nature of Comets (3 of 6) (IMAGE)
This is a definition of Philae's geometry (CAD model), lander coordinate system and leg/feet designation. Landing gear in zero position (before touchdown, the LG was rotated by 10.9±0.2 deg).
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What Went Wrong at Comet 67P? (Inside the Rosetta-Philae Mission)
The Rosetta-Philae mission aimed to explore comet 67P in detail, but unexpected challenges changed the course of its success. From the initial landing issues to other technical troubles, explore what ...
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When Isis Was Queen
Two monumental pylons form the entryway to the temple of Isis at Philae, which was built by the pharaoh Ptolemy II beginning around 260 B.C. Reliefs on this pylon depict the pharaoh Ptolemy XII ...
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Special Issue: Philae Results Shed Light on the Nature of Comets (5 of 6) (IMAGE)
The image shows comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko acquired by the ROLIS instrument on the Philae lander during descent on 2014 Nov 12, 14:41:20 UTC from a distance of approximately 3 km from the ...