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Thursday, November 13, 2014

First ever Photograph of a Comet

'Welcome to a comet!' Esa tweeted this remarkable picture from comet 67P confirming that Philae is successfully on the surface - but the amount of shadow in the picture is quite worrying and may confirm the probe is on its side or in a hole. At the lower middle can be seen one of the three legs of the lander, each of which contains an ice screw to keep Philae anchored to the surface 
In just over 50 years of space exploration humanity has landed spacecraft on Venus, the moon, Mars, Saturn's moon, Titan, and two asteroids. Now a new object can be added to that list: a comet.
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