That shady area has cut down the probe's potential for power, and severely limited the amount of work it can get done on the comet. It's unclear how long Philae will last under the shadowy ...

The Rosetta-Philae spacecraft successfully touched down on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, uncovering remarkable findings during its mission. Yet, there were setbacks as Philae's tenure on the ...

Philae descent onto comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is shown as seen by ROLIS. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the July 31, 2015 issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by S.

Philae landed in November 2014, but lost contact with the orbiting Rosetta probe that dropped it on the comet. “It was very important to find Philae before the mission ended, to understand the ...

The lander, named Philae, will remain on the comet after the mission ends, but, says ESA’s Matt Taylor, no one knows how long the machine will survive. Rosetta, the first spacecraft propelled ...

Cometary researchers expect to obtain similarly enlightening insights from the first thorough exploration of a comet by the Rosetta spacecraft with its lander, Philae. For the first time, a spacecraft ...

The mission consisted of the Rosetta orbiter and the Philae lander. The probes were launched on 2 March 2004, travelled 6.4 billion kilometres in 10 years and, with the help of a few planet swing-bys, ...