Philae, the ‘Happy Lander’: Instruments delivering images and data from comet's surface

Friday, November 14, 2014 - 04:32 in Astronomy & Space

Rosetta’s lander Philae is safely on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. First analysis of the touchdown data suggests that the lander bounced twice before settling on the surface of the comet. The lander remains unanchored to the surface, but the instruments are running and are delivering images and data.

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