Philae (spacecraft) - Wikipedia
Philae (/ ˈ f aɪ l iː / [6] or / ˈ f iː l eɪ / [7]) was a robotic European Space Agency lander that accompanied the Rosetta spacecraft [8] [9] until it separated to land on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, ten years and eight months after departing Earth.
Rosetta (spacecraft) - Wikipedia
Shortly after its arrival at 67P, the Rosetta orbiter dispatched the Philae lander for the first controlled touchdown on a comet nucleus. The robotic lander's instruments obtained the first images from a comet's surface and made the first in situ analysis of its composition.
Rosetta-Philae - NASA Science
2004年3月2日 · The European Space Agency's Rosetta was the first mission designed to orbit and land on a comet. It consisted of an orbiter and a lander – called Philae. The two spacecraft carried 20 sciences instruments to make a detailed study of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko for two years as it orbited around our Sun.
Rosetta-Philae Probe: How Humans Touched Down on a Comet …
2024年11月12日 · The Rosetta probe's lander Philae landed on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on 12 November, 2014, after a decade spent travelling nearly 4 billion miles through space.
ESA - Rosetta - European Space Agency
ESA's Rosetta mission was the first to rendezvous with a comet, the first to follow a comet on its orbit around the Sun, and the first to deploy a lander to a comet's surface. Comets are time capsules containing primitive material left over from the …
Rosetta's 'Philae' Makes Historic First Landing on a Comet
2014年11月12日 · After a daring seven-hour descent from its mother ship, the European Space Agency's Philae lander achieves a space exploration milestone: the first-ever landing on a comet.
The final mystery of Philae, the lost comet lander, has been solved
2020年10月28日 · The Philae lander, wedged underneath a rock, on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Scientists have reconstructed its bumpy landing on the surface in 2014 for the first time.
ESA - Touchdown! Rosetta’s Philae probe lands on comet
2014年11月12日 · Rosetta’s deployment of Philae to land on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. Access the video. Over the next 2.5 days, the lander will conduct its primary science mission, assuming that its main battery remains in good health.
6 Amazing Discoveries From Rosetta's Epic Comet Encounter
2016年9月29日 · On November 12, 2014, Rosetta let loose its Philae lander, which became the first spacecraft to perform a soft landing on a comet.
Rosettas Comet Lander Landed Three Times | NASA Jet …
2014年11月13日 · At 10 a.m. PST (1 p.m. EST), the Rosetta mission's Philae lander became the first spacecraft to soft-land on a comet. Rosetta mission controllers believe Philae alighted in a hole, or crevice, about six feet (two meters) in diameter and six feet (two meters) deep and that it is lying on its side.