Goodbye Philae: Comet Lander Comm Link Switched Off
Wednesday, July 27, 2016 - 10:31
in Astronomy & Space
The first-ever spacecraft to land on a comet has been cut off from the Earth forever. Today (July 27), the European Space Agency (ESA) shut down communications between its Rosetta probe and the Philae lander on Comet 67P/ Churyumov-Gerasimenko.