
Landing on a Comet, 317 Million Miles From Home
By JONATHAN CORUM NOV. 11, 2014
The Rosetta spacecraft’s Philae lander is attempting to land on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. RELATED ARTICLE
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Intended landing site
Panorama by The New York Times
NOV. 6 Comet 67P/C-G is shaped like a duck, with two lobes separated by a neck. In this image, the comet’s head is at center, with the neck in shadow and...