Mission control have regained contact with Rosetta as expected after separation, and with Philae that is now descending onto the surface of Comet 67P/C-G.
SIGNALS ACQUIRED FROM PHILAE 12:07 CET
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Discussion: 29 comments
So far so good. Go Philae!
Philae is reporting that Agilkians prepared an Insane Mega Welcome Party!
Congratulations ESA! We’ll love Science even more.
Thanks for all these great emotions!
Way to go! Is looking forward to see some pics!
So we all missed the Rosatta AOS? When did that happen? Even the presenter woman didn’t get that information.
Can’t you give us a bit more meat? What’s the current distance from the comet? C’mon guys!
Totally agree – why not feeding us hungry nerds with the steady flow of telemetry data – or best – with animations based on the telemetry data =).
Love the mission, ESA, etc. – but…
You really have to work a little on your live representation – more information at all – e.g. older Youtube Videos/interviews/Animations while waiting for events – steady flow of all the data you get =).
Would love to see more – good luck ESA. Waiting for more !
give ’em a break.. everyone..its a been a while getting there… its there…..be patient. They will share when they can!
Fantastic!!! Still 5 hours of terror, can wait to get landing confirmation!!!
Good luck !!!
Hope to hear from you soon !!!
Watching the updates from the edge of my seat at work, good luck!
Please, oh PLEASE don’t find the UFO the mad conspiracy theorists have been banging on about!
Hoping for a smooth as can be landing!
So far so good. Philae is been pulled down as espected.
But the hardest part will be in 3 hours… just less than 1 hour before the starting of the landing window.
So keep your seat ready and your leg prepared to do the Mambo when the touchdown and harpoon fire sequence is confirmed.
Loved to see the Rosetta pictures that Philae should have taked when it was released.
Congratulations to all who have been involved. This is such an exciting moment. Regardless the outcome of the landing, this mission is already an unqualified success. Hoping for the best!
“La única posibilidad de descubrir los límites de lo posible es aventurarse un poco más allá de ellos, hacia lo imposible.” …. vamos Philae!
The just finished live presentation was labeled as a focus on science, science instruments yes, but no science results from the last three months. Is Matt Taylor’s science briefing from the 11th going to be available to view please? Emily assured us that we would be getting preliminary results and conclusions on landing day on this blog a while back, no sign of it yet.
All good news so far. Waiting excitedly for the landing. Good luck!
Good luck ESA! It will be a very nice story…
Will we see pictures taken by Philae before contact? At which distance?
This is inspiring engineering and science. Congratulations to all involved. I hope these achievements encourage more to focus on what is possible.
The first and therefore one the most important missions ever.Hope for a safe landing and pressing my thumbs.Good luck ESA.Go,Philae!!!:)))
So, when will FAREWELL1 and FAREWELL2 become available for viewing? Or is Rosetta too busy sending other data and holds these back?
Que a Força esteja com você Philae e todos os que estão torcendo pelo seu sucesso, bem como à equipe da ESA.
Boa sorte.
Philae, yes you can. Looking hearing you very soon.
This is it, still 2 hours before humanity will be in contact with a Comet.
Stop asking questions here as scientists are a little bit busy right now to chat with us.
Like many others I keep my fingers crossed and can’t stand waiting to see some more pictures from this outstanding adventure.
In my pajamas in Los Angeles watching the live stream. 6:02 am Pacific Time.
Can’t wait for the landing!!!!!
…Rowby
Yes Yes!
This is brilliant.
Just saw the separation images on the live feed. It’s so awe inspiring with the sun visible right in the window.
Go ESA! Go Space exploration! Go Humankind!
Go rosetta!!!
At the age of ten I witnessed humankind landing on the moon. Now witnessing landing on a comet at the age of 55 I feel like being ten again!!! What an audacity!!! Thank you ESA!!!!
WOW!! Congratulations on a successful landing over 5 million miles away! What a trip! Peace.