Monday, November 10, 2014

Rosetta Spacecraft to land the Philea lander on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Space fans around the world are waiting excitedly for Wednesday of this week, when the ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft will attempt a first-ever soft landing of a robotic probe on a comet. The Philae (fee-LAY) lander is scheduled to touch down on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on November 12, 2014 at 10:35 a.m. EST (7:35 a.m PST/15:35 UTC).

For details on this event, visit EarthSky.

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