Philae's historic landing on Comet 67P in 2014 provided crucial data on the comet's surface and internal composition, despite technical setbacks. The mission revealed organic molecules and temperature ...
On November 12 2014, Philae – the lander of the spacecraft Rosetta of the European Space Agency (ESA ... “sensing the environment around the comet, taking stunning imagery as the first landing site ...
The Rosetta spacecraft, launched in 2004, is now flying with the comet, hovering just six miles over the nucleus to take measurements ... The prize awaiting the successful landing is the opportunity ...
On November 12, 2014, a European spacecraft named Philae tried to land on Comet 67P. To say it was a bumpy landing would be an understatement. Philae separated from an orbiter called Rosetta.
"Our ambitious Rosetta mission has secured a place in the history ... said in a statement just after the landing. Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on Jan. 31, 2015, (main) and ESA graphic of ...
The impact sent him cartwheeling through the air. He clears a brick wall before landing face-first in the front garden of a house in Weymouth, Dorset. My cheekbones and nose were completely ...
A Spirit Airlines flight from Fort Lauderdale was struck by gunfire while trying to land in Haiti, officials said Monday. Flight 951 was attempting to land at a Port-au-Prince airport when it was ...
NBC Universal, Inc. U.S. Border Patrol agents responded to reports of migrants landing in Hillsboro Beach on Monday night, according to authorities. The incident happened at around 7:30 p.m. and ...
At the first landing site, it detected a soft layer ... Comet Halley in 1986 was the first mission to image a comet surface. The Rosetta mission was a natural next step, becoming the first to ...