Thursday, November 13, 2014

Rosetta: concerns for comet lander after uneven landing





After a historic but awkward comet landing, the robot probe Philae is now stable and sending pictures - but there are concerns about its battery life. After two bounces, the first one about 1km back out into space, the lander settled in the shadow of a cliff, 1km from its target site.



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