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Comet lander leaves mothership, returns farewell images
Read more →: Comet lander leaves mothership, returns farewell imagesEurope’s Philae lander — with its landing gear and instrument booms extended — is seen by Rosetta.Credit: ESA/Rosetta/MPS…
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Video: Lander manager provides update on Philae status
Read more →: Video: Lander manager provides update on Philae statusStephan Ulamec, head of the Philae lander team at DLR, provides an update after touchdown on the comet.…
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Video: Mission control celebrates separation as anxiety builds over landing
Read more →: Video: Mission control celebrates separation as anxiety builds over landingPaolo Ferri, head of mission operations, describes the moment of relief when engineers confirmed the Philae comet lander…
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Magnetic explosion probes make it to the Cape
Read more →: Magnetic explosion probes make it to the CapeCAPE CANAVERAL — Two probes joined an identical pair near their Florida launch site today for liftoff aboard…
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Live coverage: Philae “falls asleep”
Read more →: Live coverage: Philae “falls asleep”Mission Status Center Live coverage of the descent and landing of Europe’s Philae spacecraft on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Text…
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Rosetta mission’s ‘ambition’ spotlighted in film
Read more →: Rosetta mission’s ‘ambition’ spotlighted in filmThe European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission stars with Game of Thrones actor Aidan Gillan and actress Aisling Franciosi…
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Comet lander powered up after electronics glitch
Read more →: Comet lander powered up after electronics glitchDARMSTADT, Germany — Europe’s Philae lander — still latched inside its mothership — has been activated and should…
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Video: Flight director updates status of comet lander
Read more →: Video: Flight director updates status of comet landerRosetta flight director Andrea Accomazzo says an unexpected glitch during the power-up of the Philae comet lander should…
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Unprecedented cosmic choreography essential to landing on comet
Read more →: Unprecedented cosmic choreography essential to landing on cometArtist’s concept of the Philae comet lander ejecting from Rosetta to begin its seven-hour descent. Credit: NASA …
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Soyuz lands in Kazakhstan with station crew
Read more →: Soyuz lands in Kazakhstan with station crewSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION The three-man Soyuz crew is greeted by Russian recovery…
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All is ready for historic comet landing
Read more →: All is ready for historic comet landingPhilae’s target — named Agilkia — is seen above the boulder-filled depression near the top of this image…
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Weather delays Orion move to pad
Read more →: Weather delays Orion move to padKENNEDY SPACE CENTER — Bad weather has delayed by 24 hours NASA’s next-generation Orion capsule from rolling out…