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 A key milestone has been reached in the quest to land a spacecraft on a comet. Controllers say they have now made radio contact with the descending Philae robot, meaning they should be able to receive pictures from it. Philae was dropped towards Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko by the European Space Agency's Rosetta satellite at 08:35 GMT. The mission will shine a light on some mysteries surrounding these icy relics from the formation of our Solar System. Confirmation of touchdown is expected at Earth sometime around 16:00 GMT. Read more, and live updates Livestream here Last edited by Scarlett.; 14-06-2015 at 12:35 PM. |
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Rosetta and Philae comet landing - Philae reawkens!
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