The European Space Agency's Philae comet lander, out of power and presumably lost after bouncing into heavily shadowed terrain last November, phoned home Saturday after finally getting enough sunlight ...
Philae, the first spacecraft to land on a comet, delighted scientists this weekend by waking up and reestablishing contact with Earth, seven months after running out of power. It “spoke” for more than ...
Scientists have discovered the second site at which ESA’s ill-fated Philae lander touched down on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, and in so doing revealed that the ancient ice hidden under the ...
The European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission began with a decade-long journey to Comet 67P, which is currently orbiting between Mars and Jupiter. The Philae landing robot detached from Rosetta on ...
This image shows Queen Arsinoë II in the Philae temple, Aswan, Egypt. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing ...
How the European Space Agency is trying to revive spacecraft nestled on comet. This artist impression from Dec. 2013 publicly provided by the European Space Agency, shows Rosetta?s lander Philae on ...
Farewell, Philae. The space lander that touched down on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (and in our hearts) in November 2014 has not responded to a last-ditch attempt to wake it, and it now looks ...
After an improbable 10-year, 310-million-mile journey to become the first ever space vehicle to make a soft landing on a comet, the Philae probe may have ended its mission prematurely. Its batteries ...
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