Comet hunter Rosetta arrives at target

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• The image shows comet 67P/CG acquired by the ROLIS instrument on the Philae lander during descent on Nov 12, 2014 14:38:41 UT from a distance of approximately 3 km from the surface. The landing site is imaged with a resolution of about 3m per pixel.
  
  The ROLIS instrument is a down-looking imager that acquires images during the descent and doubles as a multispectral close-up camera after the landing. The aim of the ROLIS experiment is to study the texture and microstructure of the comet's surface. ROLIS (ROsetta Lander Imaging System) is a descent and close-up camera on the Philae Lander. It has been developed by the DLR Institute of Planetary Research, Berlin. The lander separated from the orbiter at 09:03 GMT (10:03 CET) and touched down on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko seven hours later.

 

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Congrats on Landing on the comet!! Incredible achievement

 

[TruthSeeker]

Apparently the lander harpoons that are supposed to fire into the comet, thereby anchoring the lander, did not operate correctly, yet. The data received from the lander seems to indicate that it bounced and rotated and then set down a second time. The Philae team will try to understand what is going on and report tomorrow at 14:00 CET.

 

[Azizam]

Rosetta: Comet lander Philae now stable - scientists

BBC News - Rosetta: Comet lander Philae now stable - scientists

 

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Europe's science probe Philae sent home a treasure trove of data from a comet heading towards the Sun before falling silent as its power ran out, mission control said Saturday.
Crowning a historic feat, the robot lab streamed data from its experiments back to its mother ship Rosetta in the final hours before its battery ran down.

This included the outcome of an eagerly-waited chemistry test of a sample drilled from the comet's icy and dusty surface, scientists said.

"Rosetta's lander has completed its primary science mission," the European Space Agency (ESA) said.

Comet probe sends back science treasure in final hours