It was hoped that as the comet got closer to the sun it would recharge and phone home. That occurred at 22:28 CEST (Central European Summer Time) on 13 June!!
Welcome back, Philae !!!!
Details can be found on rosetta blog.
Sunday, June 14, 2015
Philae wakes up
In a post back in November I wrote about the ESA spacecraft Rosetta and the small spacecraft, Philae, that was to land on a comet. And although it did, there were problems ... it didn't land where it was supposed to and ended up in a ravine with lots of shadows. Soon after, the batteries went dead due to lack of sunlight on the solar panels and contact with Philae was lost.
It was hoped that as the comet got closer to the sun it would recharge and phone home. That occurred at 22:28 CEST (Central European Summer Time) on 13 June!!
Welcome back, Philae !!!!
Details can be found on rosetta blog.
It was hoped that as the comet got closer to the sun it would recharge and phone home. That occurred at 22:28 CEST (Central European Summer Time) on 13 June!!
Welcome back, Philae !!!!
Details can be found on rosetta blog.
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