November 12, 2014:
First-Ever Soft Landing on a Comet
(Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko)
Launched in 2004: 10 Years in the Making
Graphic: Time Magazine, Nov. 17, 2014
Philae Lander attached
Graphic: Time Magazine, Nov. 17, 2014
Presented at European Space Agency News Conference
Photo: European Space Agency
Schematic Showing Instrumentation
Graphic: Time Magazine, Nov. 17, 2014
Around Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Graphic: Time Magazine, Nov. 17, 2014
Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Compared to the Size of Madrid, Spain
Graphic: European Space Agency
Taken With Rosetta’s Cameras
Photo: European Space Agency
To Help Select the Least Hazardous Area
Photo: European Space Agency
Philae Approaching
Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Rosetta Remains in Orbit to Serve as Radio-Relay Station
and Perform Additional Scientific Observations
Graphic: European Space Agency
Surveillance Photo of
Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Taken from Philae After Landing
Photo: European Space Agency
With Schematic of the Lander Added for Orientation
Photo: European Space Agency
Photo of Comet 67P/ChuryumovGerasimenko
Taken by Philae Lander: One of its Feet is Clearly Visible
Photo: European Space Agency