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Title: Orbiter spots missing comet lander Philae: space agency
Post by: Buster's Uncle on September 07, 2016, 02:47:28 pm

Orbiter spots missing comet lander Philae: space agency
AFP  September 5, 2016


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A photo released by the European Space Agency (ESA) in November 2014 shows an image taken by Rosetta's lander Philae on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (AFP Photo/)


Paris (AFP) - Cameras onboard Europe's comet orbiter Rosetta have spotted the tiny lander Philae for the first time since its crash-landing in November 2014, the European Space Agency said on Monday.

"Less than a month before the end of the mission, Rosetta's high-resolution camera has revealed the Philae lander wedged into a dark crack on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko," it said in a statement.


https://www.yahoo.com/news/orbiter-spots-missing-comet-lander-philae-space-agency-142517168.html (https://www.yahoo.com/news/orbiter-spots-missing-comet-lander-philae-space-agency-142517168.html)