15 November 2014
Pioneering Philae completes main mission before hibernation
... being out of communication visibility with the lander since 09:58 GMT / 10:58 CET on Friday, Rosetta regained contact with Philae at 22:19 GMT /23:19 CET last night. The signal was initially intermittent, but quickly stabilised and remained very...
02 December 2014
Rosetta comet success SpaceShipTwo
... bounce as it landed on the surface of Comet 67P, Philae, the little 100kg sub-probe to ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft, ...cent data stream success. It is hoped that the sleep-mode that Philae is in may change and, once sunlight is received to on-board solar...
June 2018
Space 2080 a future perspective
... for a real multi-national cooperation project. There were highlights that caught global attention such as when Philae landed on a comet in 2014, and then half a century later when a mini submarine was successfully plunged under...
January 2021
Time to change our relationship with space?
... explorers. Can anyone doubt that after Rosetta and Philae? Satellites affect our daily lives and yet they ...night sky. Artist’s impression of the Rosetta orbiter deploying the Philae lander to comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. Rosetta was the first ...
26 August 2015
Rosetta Experts to Present the Mission at International Astronautical Congress in Jerusalem
...a rendezvous with a comet nucleus and delivered a lander module, Philae, onto its surface. The mission realization required almost 30 years ... the rendezvous with the comet and the landing of Philae, its mission continues today” said Dr. Paolo Ferri,...
29 September 2016
Rosetta on the way to its final resting place on Churyumov-Gerasimenko
...signal to reach Earth. Credit: ESA Rosetta, along with the Philae lander probe, were launched in March 2004, and have traveled...over six billion kilometers before reaching the comet in 2014. Philae landed on the comet's surface in November 2014. The ...
