Philae has landed

#1

Post by talltofu » Wed, Nov 12, 2014, 4:08 PM UTC

Live coverage here http://news.yahoo.com/video/abc-news-plus-special-report-220000361.html

Thanks @brianpgordon - Check out this gif of the orbital maneuvers required for Rosetta to reach its destination: https://i.imgur.com/TUkKuhf.gif

Live twitter feed of ESA https://twitter.com/esaoperations

It looks like @Philae2014 made a fairly gentle touch down on #67P based on amount of landing gear damping #CometLanding

Philae has landed
bbc.com

Re: Philae has landed

#2

Post by neiled » Wed, Nov 12, 2014, 4:15 PM UTC

Seeing their faces on the live feed when it landed was amazing. It must be so exciting.

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#3

Post by talltofu » Wed, Nov 12, 2014, 4:16 PM UTC

Live streaming of the event here http://news.yahoo.com/video/abc-news-plus-special-report-220...

Thanks @brianpgordon - Check out this gif of the orbital maneuvers required for Rosetta to reach its destination: https://i.imgur.com/TUkKuhf.gif

Live twitter feed of ESA https://twitter.com/esaoperations

It looks like @Philae2014 made a fairly gentle touch down on #67P based on amount of landing gear damping #CometLanding

Re: Philae has landed

#4

Post by GotAnyMegadeth » Wed, Nov 12, 2014, 4:18 PM UTC

neiled wrote: post #2

Seeing their faces on the live feed when it landed was amazing. It must be so exciting.

It is so exciting, even from watching the live stream!

Re: Philae has landed

#5

Post by Gravityloss » Wed, Nov 12, 2014, 4:18 PM UTC

"where were you when Philae landed?"

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#6

Post by harywilke » Wed, Nov 12, 2014, 4:20 PM UTC

talltofu wrote: post #3

Live streaming of the event here http://news.yahoo.com/video/abc-news-plus-special-report-220... Thanks @brianpgordon - Check out this gif of the orbital maneuvers required for Rosetta to reach its destination: https://i.imgur.com/TUkKuhf.gif Live twitter feed of ESA https://twitter.com/esaoperations It looks like @Philae2014 made a fairly gentle touch down on #67P based on amount of landing gear damping #CometLandin…

or straight from the ESA http://rosetta.esa.int/?landing

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#7

Post by ffk » Wed, Nov 12, 2014, 4:21 PM UTC

harywilke wrote: post #6

talltofu wrote: post #3

Live streaming of the event here http://news.yahoo.com/video/abc-news-plus-special-report-220... Thanks @brianpgordon - Check out this gif of the orbital maneuvers required for Rosetta to reach its destination: https://i.imgur.com/TUkKuhf.gif Live twitter feed of ESA https://twitter.com/esaoperations It looks like @Philae2014 made a fairly gentle touch down on #67P based on amount of landing gear damping #CometLandin…

or straight from the ESA http://rosetta.esa.int/?landing

The NASA TV iPad app works too.

Re: Philae has landed

#8

Post by sp332 » Wed, Nov 12, 2014, 4:22 PM UTC

harywilke wrote: post #6

talltofu wrote: post #3

Live streaming of the event here http://news.yahoo.com/video/abc-news-plus-special-report-220... Thanks @brianpgordon - Check out this gif of the orbital maneuvers required for Rosetta to reach its destination: https://i.imgur.com/TUkKuhf.gif Live twitter feed of ESA https://twitter.com/esaoperations It looks like @Philae2014 made a fairly gentle touch down on #67P based on amount of landing gear damping #CometLandin…

or straight from the ESA http://rosetta.esa.int/?landing

Or the xkcd version https://xkcd.com/1446/ (see older frames at http://xkcd1446.org/, the first few are blank so start around #16)

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#9

Post by Sven7 » Wed, Nov 12, 2014, 4:23 PM UTC

Big congrats to all involved! What an achievement!

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#10

Post by anExcitedBeast » Wed, Nov 12, 2014, 4:23 PM UTC

Science is amazing. I'm glad to be living in a period where I get to be around for stuff like this.