ESA abandons comet lander search

After months of searching, the Euopean Space Agency (ESA) has given up the hunt for the lost Philae comet lander. Despite having narrowed the final resting place of the unmanned probe to a "landing strip" measuring 350 x 30 m (1,150 x 100 ft) on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, the space agency has been unable to locate it and has commanded the Rosetta spacecraft to move into a higher orbit as it continues its science mission... Continue Reading ESA abandons comet lander search



Section: Space



Tags: Comets, ESA, Philae, Rosetta, Spacecraft, Unmanned



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from Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine http://www.gizmag.com/philae-search-abandoned-comet-67p-esa/35857/