Rosetta engineers are hard at work, scouring the 67p/G-C comet for any signs of the lander that is tucked neatly behind a cliff: they think that Philae will report again in August. Two weeks ago, Philae made a historic landing on a comet 320 million miles away from Earth. Now, the comet-bouncing lander is asleep after depleting its batteries. Because its anchoring harpoons did not deploy, … [Read more...]
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