Philae is a robotic
European Space Agency lander that accompanied the Rosetta spacecraft
until its designated landing on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
(67P), more than ten years after departing Earth. On 12 November
2014, the lander achieved the first-ever controlled touchdown on a
comet nucleus. Its instruments obtained the first images from a
comet's surface. Philae is tracked and operated from the European
Space Operations Centre (ESOC) at Darmstadt, Germany. Several of the
instruments on Philae made the first in situ analysis of a comet
sending back data that will be analysed to determine the composition
of the surface.
The lander is named
after the Philae obelisk bearing a bilingual inscription used along
with the Rosetta Stone to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics (Source Wikipedia).
Please feel free to put in comments new Philae Lander cartoon strips if you find on the net. Would be nice!
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| Translation: Hei! You are not here to joke around! -But I m have such a good time! |
Links:
Philae Lander WIKIPEDIA
ESA Philea Lander instruments
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