“The module is secured to the surface of the comet,” says ESA.
“The Philae lander of the Rosetta mission is secured on the surface of comet 67P / Churyumov-Gerasimenko.” So says the European Space Agency (ESA) after observing the first two images of the instrument CIVA the ‘lander’ (together here in one). Throughout the day a larger pan will be offered, but in partial pictures and you can see that one of the three legs of Philae is subject to the ground.
The ‘Lander’ Philae landed Wednesday on the comet, qualified as “a successful and historic” by the heads of mission Acontecimento, but a problem arose with anchoring barbs, which have not been fired, and now the technicians analyze the consequences.
Three landings
The European Space Agency (ESA) has confirmed that the probe Philae, which rested on Wednesday in comet 67P landed three times. That is, that the harpoons failure caused the module bounced several times to definitely hold on to the surface. “ The magnetic analyzes reveal 3 landings at 15:33, 17:26 and 17:33 UTC ” will esccibió ESAesaoperations his Twitter account, a message is also communicated through account of Philae probe (@ Philae2014).
This confirms earlier suspicions of the mission team. On Wednesday, the manager of the Landing at the control center, ESA Ulamec Stephan and pointed to the possibility that they had produced a rebound machine. “We may have not landed once, but twice,” said
First photos
The instrument Rolis Philae lander photographed the comet 67P / Churyumov-Gerasimenko. As down the robot to its surface. One of the first images sent to Earth was taken at a distance of about 3 miles, and the landing was captured with a resolution of about 3 meters per pixel. Philae has traveled a decade aboard the Rosetta orbiter to reach its destination. Wednesday technicians European Space Agency (ESA) managed to land it on your target, which is the first ‘cometizaje’ in the history of space exploration.
After waiting for the module to descend for seven hours, the signal confirming the success of the landing came at 17: 03h (CET Spanish) at ESA ground stations in Malargüe (Argentina) and NASA in Robledo de Chavela, Madrid. The mission leaders have described as “a successful and historic”, but was a problem with anchoring barbs, which have not been fired, so that technicians and engineers from the European Space Agency now analyze the consequences and seek solutions.
100% active
The module Philae still active on the surface of comet 67 / P Churyumov-Gerasimenko after a complex landing and having sent the first data , including images. The landing maneuver two harpoons with which Philae had to engage the surface of the comet not deployed and a system to affix the module on the comet did not work, according to information from Twitter. Therefore it was necessary to correct the maneuver until the correct landing.
The mother Rosetta probe launched yesterday module Philae comet when he was still at a distance of 22 kilometers. The small laboratory, the size of a refrigerator and 98 kilograms, landed seven hours later on the comet to study its composition because comets are the oldest in the universe and celestial bodies considered that may have brought water and life . Land at the time of the big bang
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