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November 15, 2014

They Bounced It! Rosetta's Comet Lander Landed Three Times

Spacecraft's Harpoons Did Not Deploy, Now Apparently Lying On Its Side In A Crevice On The Comet's Surface

On Wednesday, Nov. 12, the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission successfully landed on the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Descending at a speed of about 2 mph the lander, called "Philae," first touched down and its signal was received at 11:03 a.m. EST.

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