We covered this closely, for a year — almost exactly a decade ago, now. And what a time it was — even though the lil’ lander ended up laying in a shadow on its side.
It was then largely “missing” — from mid November of that year, until early January, of the next– when it was spotted again. Here’s a reminder of what all went down — for advancing celestial object science, and exploration:
…[In November 2014], after a ten-year journey through the Solar System and over 500 million kilometres from home, Rosetta’s lander Philae made space exploration history by touching down on a comet for the first time. On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of this extraordinary feat, we celebrate by taking a look back over the mission’s highlights.
Rosetta was an ESA mission with contributions from its Member States and NASA. It studied Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko for over two years, including delivering lander Philae to the comet’s surface. Philae was provided by a consortium led by DLR, MPS, CNES and ASI… [with a video below narrated with a lilting Gaelic brogue, too!].
Now you know. what a time, indeed — a bumpy ride, going into those weeks here on Jasoom, as well — as we swirled between craggy law firms’ managing partners — and, in truth, various people — some still in the shadows, as well. What a time, indeed.What a time, indeed.
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