Artist impression showing Philae separating from Rosetta and descending to the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
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Philae touchdown: lander status and first descent image
Highlights from coverage of ESA's Rosetta mission soft-landing its Philae probe on a comet, the first…
Highlights: Rosetta mission comet landing up to lander separation
Highlights from the Rosetta mission media briefings at ESA's Space Operations Centre (ESOC), on 12 November,…
Philae landing: Acquisition of signal from spacecraft and lander
Scene inside Mission Control as the team regained contact with Rosetta as expected after separation, and…
Philae landing: touchdown highlights
Highlights from coverage of ESA's Rosetta mission soft-landing its Philae probe on a comet, the first…
Philae touchdown: lander status and first descent image
Highlights from coverage of ESA's Rosetta mission soft-landing its Philae probe on a comet, the first…
Comet over Darmstadt
Comparing Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko with the city of Darmstadt, Germany, home to ESA's European Space Operations Centre…
NAVCAM top 10 at 10 km – 5
In this scene from the large lobe of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, sets of long, parallel grooves and…
NAVCAM top 10 at 10 km – 6
This view highlights the distinctive flat feature set atop a raised plateau on the larger lobe…
NAVCAM top 10 at 10 km – 7
This view looks from the smaller of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko’s two lobes (foreground in lower left) over…