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NASA
14th November 2014, 01:20
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/PIA18874_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=48439)12 Nov 2014 - Rosetta's 'Philae' Makes Historic First Landing on a Comet
After more than a decade traveling through space, a robotic lander built by the European Space Agency has made the first-ever soft landing of a spacecraft on a comet.


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Sunny-side-up
14th November 2014, 22:39
Ive been wondering about that photo! I guess that is supposed to be part of the probe you can see top right but!
dose it look to like it goes past/around the back of the comet lump?

Can some one explain that image please ;)

Agape
14th November 2014, 22:54
Check the proportions I suggest ...

http://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Videos/2014/10/How_big_is_Rosetta_compared_with_the_comet

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap141016.html


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