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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.
2 September 2016 - Rosetta finds its lander Philae wedged against a large overhang. [47] 30 September 2016 — The Rosetta spacecraft ended its mission by an attempt to soft-land close to a 130 m (425 ft) wide pit, called Deir el-Medina, [48] on comet 67P. The walls of the pit contain 0.91 m (3 ft) wide so-called "goose bumps", considered to be ...
Later, on 20 January 2014, Rosetta was taken out of a 31-month hibernation mode as it approached Comet Churyumov–Gerasimenko. [33] [34] 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.
Ten years, four billion miles, and several complicated maneuvers later, the Rosetta probe is readying itself to enter orbit around Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (that's Chury, for short) and ...
Since it's been a year since Rosetta landed on the comet it orbited for a couple of years, you'd think the ESA had already decoded everything the vessel sent back before its demise. Apparently ...
10 September 2014: First spacecraft to orbit a comet nucleus (67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko). ESA Rosetta [61] 12 November 2014: First soft landing on a comet (67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko). ESA Philae [62] 6 March 2015: First flyby and orbit of a dwarf planet . First spacecraft to orbit two separate celestial bodies. USA (NASA) Dawn [63] July 2015
Year Date Origin Name Launch vehicle Status Description Mass 1957 October 4 Soviet Union: Sputnik 1: Sputnik-PS: Success: The first human-made object to orbit Earth. 83.6 kg (183.9 lb) November 3 Soviet Union: Sputnik 2: Sputnik-PS: Success: The first satellite to carry a living animal, a dog named Laika. 508 kg (1,118 lb) December 6 US ...
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