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JumpinJohnny · Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2015 8:14 pm Post subject: Philae phones home this weekend.

Good News!!
The lander portion of the ESA Rosetta Mission, Philae comet lander 'wakes up' from hibernation to resume Rosetta mission after 72 day nap.
It appears it tried several times to make contact earlier but didn't have enough energy. Now closer to the sun, it may be getting charged up and continue to send data and start the science experiments it was designed for.

Rosetta mission’s chief scientist, Matt Taylor, famous for tattoos that include Rosetta on one leg, said "A message came up on my phone and I was like, ‘What?’ and Philae was like, 'Hey Dude I'm awake!', and I was like 'No way!' and Philae was all like 'Way'.
Then Philae sent an awesome 85 second signal.... I tweeted back, 'Rest up 'lil buddy, we'll chat later".

JumpinJohnny · Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2016 11:38 am Post subject: Good KNight sweet prince

They are switching off the communications with Philae to reserve wattage for the end of the Rosetta mission when the orbiter will be crashed into the comet.
Despite the fact that 'lil Philae bounced around the comet when its harpoons failed to fire,
“The combined achievements of Rosetta and Philae, rendezvousing with and landing on a comet, are historic high points in space exploration.”

JumpinJohnny · Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2016 12:32 pm Post subject: Rosetta bites the dust

Today Rosetta ended it's mission as it was crashed into the surface of the comet after 12 years in the depths of space. It is now too far from the sun to collect enough power to continue sending transmissions.
Launched in 2004, Rosetta traveled nearly 8 billion kilometers and its journey included three Earth flybys and one at Mars, and two asteroid encounters. It arrived at the comet in August 2014 after being in hibernation for 31 months.
“We’ve operated in the harsh environment of the comet for 786 days, made a number of dramatic flybys close to its surface, survived several unexpected outbursts from the comet, and recovered from two spacecraft ‘safe modes’,” said operations manager Sylvain Lodiot. “The operations in this final phase have challenged us more than ever before, but it’s a fitting end to Rosetta’s incredible adventure to follow its lander down to the comet.”

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pictures of the Rosetta landing
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