It was a great day when the
Rosetta made a history by landing on the surface of a comet after ten years of
hard work. The Lander Philae made a
history on 12 November when it touched down on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.
Philae confirmed the first-ever
landing, the landing is planned for about 09:03 GMT (10:03 CET) but it
confirmed about seven hours later at 16:02 GMT (17:02 CET).
Lander project manager Stephan
Ulamec said: "Maybe we didn't just land once, we landed twice."
The scientist cheered and hugged
each other at the European Space Agency (ESA) mission control in Darmstadt,
Germany after successful comet landing. The signals came through from more than
300 million miles away at 11:30 am Eastern.
Director general Jean-Jacques
Dordain described it as "a great great day, not only for ESA, but... I
think for the world".
When the landing was confirmed, the
probe tweeted: "Touchdown! My new address: 67P!" Later, it tweeted
again: "I'm on the surface but my harpoons did not fire."
"No one has ever gotten data
like Rosetta has gotten. No one has ever been able to land on a comet the way
Philae just did."
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