Mike Meynell
Mike Meynell
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RE: Rosetta - Philae landing on Comet 67P

Absolutely incredible achievement. Well done ESA!

8 years ago
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RE: Rosetta - Philae landing on Comet 67P

Telemetry received from surface.

8 years ago
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RE: Rosetta - Philae landing on Comet 67P

Think they need it in the control room at ESA. Their body language doesn't inspire me with confidence at the moment!

8 years ago
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RE: Rosetta - Philae landing on Comet 67P

These guys are already looking incredibly tense... How long will we have to wait for news? Best guess is another 20 minutes, apparently.

8 years ago
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RE: Rosetta - Philae landing on Comet 67P

Touch-down window has started... could be any time now... good luck Philae.

8 years ago
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RE: Rosetta - Philae landing on Comet 67P

Oh my God.... Image of Philae taken from Rosetta... Landing legs clearly deployed.

8 years ago
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RE: Rosetta - Philae landing on Comet 67P

Yes!!! We have a photo It's blurred... it's looking back into the Sun... but it's still amazing to see. Fantastic. Taken from 500 million kilometres ...

8 years ago
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RE: Rosetta - Philae landing on Comet 67P

View from Philae back to Rosetta:

8 years ago
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RE: Rosetta - Philae landing on Comet 67P

Live feed coming back on line now: We may get to see some images.

8 years ago
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RE: Rosetta - Philae landing on Comet 67P

Fingers crossed for a safe landing now... but I'm getting increasingly concerned about this thruster problem after hearing some interviews with the Ro...

8 years ago
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RE: Rosetta - Philae landing on Comet 67P

We should receive the first images from the CIVA (Comet Infrared and Visible Analyser) imaging system, on board Philae, in the next couple of hours.

8 years ago
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RE: Rosetta - Philae landing on Comet 67P

Signal from Rosetta has been re-established... phew! That dragged on much longer than expected. Scary stuff. We should start receiving data back from...

8 years ago
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RE: Rosetta - Philae landing on Comet 67P

the comet is “singing” How extraordinary... that's quite a beautiful sound actually. ESA broadcast about to start again.

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