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The UK celebrates Philae comet lander success with special Royal Mail postmark stamp

Nov 17, 2014

The United Kingdom is celebrating the successful landing of the Philae on the comet with a commemorative special postmark stamp, which is affixed to all letters delivered by the Royal Mail to England, Scotland,...

Comet 67P lander Philae completed 80% of its assignments before going silent

Charles Omedo

Nov 16, 2014

Innovation

The current hibernation mode of ESA lander Philae that landed on the surface of comet 67P on Wednesday has come as a disappointment to many members of the public, but not much to the controllers managing the ro...

Philae sends data from comet 67P, exact location unknown

Charles Omedo

Nov 15, 2014

Innovation

It is true that the Philae made a soft landing on the comet 67P on Wednesday, and it has just sent its first scientific data of information about the comet in a radio down link back to Earth, but its exact loca...

Philae lander just before touching the surface of Comet 67P

European Space probe Philae gets marooned in the cliff of a shadow after landing glitches

Amanda

Nov 13, 2014

Innovation

European Space Agency lander probe, Philae which made a historic landing on the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko after a decade-long, 6.4 billion-kilometer (4 billion-mile) journey through space aboard its mothe...

Rosetta lands Philae safely on Comet 67P, battery running out

Charles Omedo

Nov 13, 2014

Innovation

Although the European Space Agency is presently celebrating the successful landing of the Rosetta’s Philae on the comet, they are still worried about a lot of things which are either uncertain or unknown as the...

ESA spacecraft Rosetta all poised to land Philae on Comet 67P/Churyumov

Amanda

Nov 12, 2014

Innovation

Scientists at The European Space Agency (ESA) are all set for the final countdown to their historic attempt to land a spacecraft on a comet. The craft named Rosetta will drop the Philae lander to the surface of...

ESA prepares Rosetta to land Philae probe on Comet 67P on Wednesday

Charles Omedo

Nov 11, 2014

Innovation

On coming Wednesday history will be made with the successful landing of the Rosetta's Philae probe on the comet 67P surface, and the world can then sit back to learn a few things about the space body and perhap...

Rosetta Comet looks more like a black swan than a yellow duck

Siddhant Ghatge

Oct 20, 2014

Innovation

As the landing day gets closer, Rosetta discovers more things about the comet. 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko just like other comets, looks like a lump of coal according to the European Space Agency’s Rosetta missio...

ESA’s Rosetta Spacecraft takes selfie Picture with comet P67

Charles Omedo

Oct 15, 2014

Innovation

The Rosetta spacecraft currently in space has taken a selfie of itself with comet it is supposed to monitor in the background some miles away. The European Space Agency (ESA) owned Philae lander took the pictur...

ESA will land a spacecraft on comet come November 12

Charles Omedo

Sep 30, 2014

Innovation

Come November 12, the European Space Agency (ESA) will be landing a spacecraft on comet, the first of its kind. The main purpose of this mission is to further conduct research into the solar system’s history as...

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