The search is over, and looking at these images, no wonder it was so hard to find the little Philae lander! The high-resolution camera on board the Rosetta spacecraft has finally spotted Philae "wedged into a dark crack on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko," the ESA team said. They also said that now, seeing the lander's orientation, it's clear why establishing communications was so difficult following its landing on November 12, 2014. Rosetta, orbiting the comet and getting ready for its own demi...
The search is over, and looking at these images, no wonder it was so hard to find the little Philae lander! The high-resolution camera on board the Rosetta spacecraft has finally spotted Philae "wedged into a dark crack on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko," the ESA team said. They also said that now, seeing the lander's orientation, it's clear why establishing communications was so difficult following its landing on November 12, 2014. Rosetta, orbiting the comet and getting ready for its own demi...
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