Space
Our dream scenario for Philae 鈥� and mission finale for Rosetta
The Philae lander has woken up after a long hibernation on comet 67P/Churyumov鈥揋erasimenko. We spoke to the German Aerospace Centre鈥檚 operations manager for Philae, Cinzia Fantinati, about the drama of the lander's reactivation, what the next steps are, and how its mothership, the European Space Agency鈥檚 Rosetta probe, will end its mission.
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