A small robotic lander released from European Space Agency's Rosetta probe touched down on the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on wednesday 12th November, 2014 after 7-hour descent, by gently colliding and tumbling to the surface of the comet.
The Philae lander hit the surface of two and half mile wide comet at a speed of 2 miles per hour. The gravity on the comet is 1,00,000 times less than that of on earth. Shortly after its deployment, Philae sent the first photo of the comet.
This is one of the great success for ESA which launched Rosetta spacecraft more than 10 years ago from the Kourou launch port in French Guiana. After launching in March, 2004 the spacecraft and Philae lander travelled more than 6 billion kilometers to catch up the comet which orbits the sun at speeds of upto 1,35,00 Km per hour
Here is a video about Philae lander by ESA.
The Philae lander hit the surface of two and half mile wide comet at a speed of 2 miles per hour. The gravity on the comet is 1,00,000 times less than that of on earth. Shortly after its deployment, Philae sent the first photo of the comet.
This is one of the great success for ESA which launched Rosetta spacecraft more than 10 years ago from the Kourou launch port in French Guiana. After launching in March, 2004 the spacecraft and Philae lander travelled more than 6 billion kilometers to catch up the comet which orbits the sun at speeds of upto 1,35,00 Km per hour
Here is a video about Philae lander by ESA.
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