Monday, June 15, 2015

Philae Awake!


As I prepare my posts from the most recent All Space Considered, the ESA has released news that Philae is awake!  I simply can not contain my joy, despite not knowing what data Philae has sent back.  As yet, there are no details, but I nonetheless rejoice.

Philae was a lander deployed by the Rosetta mission to study comet 67/P, Churyumov-Gerasimenko.  Simply getting Rosetta into orbit around the tiny gravity of a comet was quite a smashing success.  Being able to deploy Philae onto the comet's surface is nothing short of miraculous.

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