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Rosetta’s Philae Lander: A Swiss Army Knife of Scientific Instruments

22 Sep , 2014 by Tim Reyes

When traveling to far off lands, one packs carefully. What you carry must be comprehensive but not so much that it is a burden. And once you arrive, you must be prepared to do something extraordinary to make the long journey worthwhile. The previous Universe Today article “How do you land on a Comet?” described Philae’s landing technique on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. […]

comet, examination, instruments, investigation, lander, landing, philae, rosetta

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