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Aerospace Scientists Says Goodbye to Philae Lander
The German scientists behind the intrepid Rosetta space mission have given up hope of re-establishing communications with its Philae lander. The probe, which landed on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, has been silent since July 2015, and the team from the German Aerospace Center are now pessimistic that it will be able to…
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10 Years & 4 Billion Miles Later, Rosseta Spacecraft Arrives at Comet Today
The European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft has spent the last decade on an epic journey from Earth to the deep reaches of space, in a bid to hunt down and study a comet in unprecedented detail. The craft has made a series of ten thruster firings over the past few…
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Rosetta Comet Chaser Set To Wake From 3 Year Sleep On Monday
A probe was launched into space ten year ago, where it has been travelling to the far reaches of our solar system in chase of a comet. Three years ago the probe reached a point where its solar panels could no longer maintain its batteries due to its increasing distance…
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