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Welcome to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

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Philae Lander

The Rosetta spacecraft’s Philae lander is safely on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, as these first two CIVA images confirm. One of the lander’s three feet can be seen in the foreground. The image is a two-image mosaic. The full panoramic from CIVA will be delivered in this afternoon’s press briefing at 13:00 GMT/14:00 CET.

The first panoramic ‘postcard’ from the surface of a comet returned by Rosetta’s lander Philae

Source: ESA

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