Witness the landing of the ESA's Philae space probe on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, the first spacecraft to land on a comet

Name: Witness the landing of the ESA's Philae space probe on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, the first spacecraft to land on a comet
Uploaded: 2020-08-11T09:21:59Z
Duration: 4 min 26 s
Description: The landing of the European Space Agency's Philae space probe on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on November 12, 2014. Philae was part of the Rosetta mission and the first spacecraft to land on a comet.

The landing of the European Space Agency's Philae space probe on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on November 12, 2014. Philae was part of the Rosetta mission and the first spacecraft to land on a comet.

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