Today, scientists at the European Space Agency hailed the successful landing of their Rosetta Spacecraft’s robotic probe (named Philae), after a 10-year journey, on a comet (named 67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko), which is hurtling through space, 317 miles from Earth, at 41,000 mph: a first for mankind, and very impressive indeed. Given their jubilation (with high-fiving, backslapping,… Read more.
Rosetta’s Comet Mission: the Robot Has Landed. Great! Now What?
Thursday, November 13, 2014 at 6:39 AM