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Successful Philae landing on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
2014-11-12, 8:22 AM #1
http://rosetta.esa.int/

Successful landing of Philae, probe carried by Rosetta to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, just now. Because of low gravity, the landing was achieved by harpooning the comet's surface.

Fantastic! No photos from the surface yet, but here's some from the orbiter... https://www.flickr.com/photos/europeanspaceagency/sets/72157638315605535/

2014-11-12, 9:51 AM #2
I'm waiting for the giant space worm to shoot out of it.
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2014-11-12, 9:58 AM #3
[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/garosaon/waste/spaecrk_zps4b93d1ad.jpg]
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2014-11-12, 3:52 PM #4
How long 'til Bruce Willis blows it up?
nope.
2014-11-12, 4:46 PM #5
Originally posted by saberopus:
Because of low gravity, the landing was achieved by harpooning the comet's surface.


Yeah, I was watching the live stream, and that's what I understood too. The thruster meant for landing wasn't working so they had to harpoon it. First it bounced a little, then it stayed down.

But then a couple hours later, the Philae Lander Twitter said this:

"I’m on the surface but my harpoons did not fire. My team is hard at work now trying to determine why. #CometLanding"

https://twitter.com/Philae2014/status/532579550069551104
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2014-11-12, 7:28 PM #6
This is neat.
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2014-11-12, 8:07 PM #7
Originally posted by FastGamerr:
[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/garosaon/waste/spaecrk_zps4b93d1ad.jpg]


This, except instead of a starry sky, it's a butt and its pooping on you

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