Spacecraft lands on Comet 67P

[ssar]

That's really cool.

Congratulations to all those involved to make this happen, love this stuff.

To land a spacecraft very slowly onto the (an unknown) surface of a comet travelling at just over 18km/sec (relative to & orbitting our sun) successfully is just amazing.

Comet 67P (Churyumov-Gerasimenko) and The Rosetta Spacecraft - Real Time Information:

http://www.livecometdata.com/comets/67p-churyumov-gerasimenko/

Photos hosted on Flikr:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/europeanspaceagency/sets/72157638315605535/

ABC Info:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-13/rosettas-philae-probe-touches-down-on-comets-surface/5887210

Love seeing this kind of stuff.

 

[globaleagle]

I posted about it in this thread...

http://www.silvertails.net/forum/Thread-Total-Lunar-Eclipse-Wed-Evening-8th-Oct-2014


as I didn't think people cared enough to start a new one!

So it's you and me as higher intellectuals on here. (nice)

It is awesome stuff, first time in human history it's been done...and it's with pics!!!!

(I still look at the mars rovers...well the one that's still going)

 

[robbiea]

Really looking forward to the return of Halleys comet in 2061

 

[Dan]

Cupid, dasher and dancer were happy to get away

 

[Dan]

Really looking forward to the return of Halleys comet in 2061

I'm counting down the minutes

 

[globaleagle]

I hope they can fire it up again soon.

Pretty cool they found the 'beagle' lander from britain on mars. Pity the main guy died before it was confirmed.

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

I hope they can fire it up again soon.

Pretty cool they found the 'beagle' lander from britain on mars.

Man, I've been looking everywhere for that thing.

Hey, they didn't happen to find my spare house-key up there, by any chance?

 

[globaleagle]

Man, I've been looking everywhere for that thing.

Hey, they didn't happen to find my spare house-key up there, by any chance?

 

[globaleagle]

New horizons reached planet Pluto.

Just fantastic!

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html