Philae’s Adventure: “We’ve Landed on a Comet!” - Space

The Philae lander may be in hibernation mode on the surface of a comet, but it’s still very much alive in the hearts of the Comet Hunters, the team who helped Rosetta become the most famous space mission since the Moon landings. Our story begins on D-Day for Rosetta, Wedensday 12th November 2014. We caught up with the Rosetta Project Scientist Matt Taylor, and asked him how he was feeling: . “I was relaxed yesterday, and now that exponential increase into stress and excitement is there. And I’m on the up