Landing on a comet! Let’s revisit the historic event of 2014, when the Philae lander separated from the Rosetta spacecra…

Landing on a comet! Let’s revisit the historic event of 2014, when the Philae lander separated from the Rosetta spacecraft, which was studying the Churyumov–Gerasimenko comet, and attempted a landing. Unfortunately, not everything went as planned: although Philae did reach the comet’s surface, it failed to anchor properly and bounced several times. This is an animation created from images captured during the landing. Agilkia was the designated landing site.