On Wednesday, Nov. 12, the European Space Agency made history by becoming the first to successfully land a probe, called the Philae lander, onto a comet. But things didn't go as planned - the ...

The lander has a limited battery life ... and severely limited the amount of work it can get done on the comet. It's unclear how long Philae will last under the shadowy conditions that will ...

The Philae lander from European Space Agency's Rosetta mission's landed on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Credit: ESA - European Space Agency ...

On March 2, 2004, the European Space Agency launched the Rosetta mission to study Comet 67P. Rosetta would later become the first spacecraft to orbit a comet. It was also the only mission to attempt a ...

This content was published on Jun 15, 2015 After seven months of inactivity since alighting on comet “Chury” in November 2014, the robot lander Philae has gathered enough energy to contact its ...

Annotated version of the Philae’s mission at comet 67P animation ... Once it is anchored to the comet, the lander will begin its primary science mission, based on its 64-hour initial battery lifetime.

It was launched in 2004 and arrived at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko Aug. 6, 2014. The mission's Philae robotic lander bounced twice Nov. 12 before settling on the comet's surface, albeit in a ...

Earlier today, the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft said good bye to its precious cargo - the Philae lander ... a probe onto the surface of a comet, which is no easy feat.

Europe's robot lab Philae has fallen "silent" on the surface of a comet zipping towards the Sun, said ground controllers Monday who fear it may have shifted out of radio contact. "The lander could ...

The Rosetta mission to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was launched in 2004. Up until then, the comet lander Philae still had no name. In this video, Serena Olga Vismara tells the story of how she ...