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\nHighlights from coverage of ESA’s Rosetta mission soft-landing its Philae probe on a comet, the first time in history that such an extraordinary feat has been achieved.\n<\/p>\n
Including the presentation of the first ROLIS image sent back by Philae as the lander descended to the surface of the comet. More about Rosetta at: \t\t\t\t\t \nHighlights from coverage of ESA’s Rosetta mission soft-landing its Philae probe on a comet, the first time in history that such an extraordinary feat has been achieved.\n<\/p>\n Including the presentation of the first ROLIS image sent back by Philae as the lander descended to the surface of the comet.
After a tense wait during the seven-hour descent to the surface of Comet 67P\/Churyumov\u2013Gerasimenko, the signal confirming the successful touchdown arrived on Earth at 16:03<\/a> GMT (17:03<\/a> CET). \n<\/p>\n
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After a tense wait during the seven-hour descent to the surface of Comet 67P\/Churyumov\u2013Gerasimenko, the signal confirming the successful touchdown arrived on Earth at 16:03<\/a> GMT (17:03<\/a> CET). \n<\/p>\n