The European robot Philae , perched on the comet “Churi” since mid-November, “woke up” on Saturday night, said Jean-Yves Le Gall, president of National Centre for Space Studies (CNES), the French space agency.
“We could receive his signals for two minutes and forty seconds of data,” said Le Gall, confirming the information released by RTL. “ Philae is alive!”.
“Hello, Earth! You hear me?” Tweeted the robot through your account, managed by the European Space Agency (ESA).
Philae , a laboratory robot with several instruments, woke up on Saturday at 22H28 GMT (20:28 Peruvian time) , ESA said.
On 12 November, this robot, passed more than ten years of European space probe Rosetta ago, landed on the comet Churi.
The landing was pretty hectic. It bounced several times before settling between cliffs in an area with little light. He managed to operate for several hours before going to sleep, because its solar panels were not receiving enough light.
Finally, Philae got out of its slumber as the comet, escorted by Rosetta, is approaching toward the Sun
. Source: AFP
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