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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 's Philae lander successfully made the first soft landing on a comet nucleus when it touched down on Comet Churyumov–Gerasimenko on 12 November 2014. [ 35 ] [ 36 ] [ 37 ] On 5 September 2016, ESA announced that the lander was discovered by the narrow-angle camera aboard Rosetta as the orbiter made a low, 2.7 km (1.7 mi) pass over the ...
Matthew Graham George Thaddeus Taylor (born 1973) is a British astrophysicist employed by the European Space Agency.He is best known to the public for his involvement in the landing on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko by the Rosetta mission (European Space Agency)'s Philae lander, which was the first spacecraft to land on a comet nucleus.
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A lander is a spacecraft that descends towards, then comes to rest on the surface of an astronomical body other than Earth. [ 1 ] [ page needed ] In contrast to an impact probe, which makes a hard landing that damages or destroys the probe upon reaching the surface, a lander makes a soft landing after which the probe remains functional.
A robotic lunar lander launched by a private U.S. company was initially scheduled to reach the moon at 5:30 p.m. ET but was delayed. U.S. lands unmanned Odysseus spacecraft on moon [Video] Skip to ...
Landing Camera (LCAM), mounted on the bottom of the spacecraft, the camera began to produce a video stream at the height of 12 km (7.5 mi) above the lunar surface. Terrain Camera (TCAM), mounted on top of the lander and able to rotate 360°, is being used to image the lunar surface and the rover in high definition.
The Philae temple complex (/ ˈ f aɪ l iː /; Ancient Greek: Φιλαί or Φιλή and Πιλάχ, Arabic: فيلة Egyptian Arabic:, Egyptian: p3-jw-rķ' or 'pA-jw-rq; Coptic: ⲡⲓⲗⲁⲕ, ⲡⲓⲗⲁⲕϩ, [1] [2] Coptic pronunciation: [ˈpilɑk, ˈpilɑkh]) is an island-based temple complex in the reservoir of the Aswan Low Dam, downstream of the Aswan Dam and Lake Nasser, Egypt.