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Tomorrow at 16:02 GMT (+00:00) Philae, the space probe launched from Rosetta, is planned to land on the Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. For some this might not be a huge deal, but if I say this is absolutely HUMONGOUS, I'm not exaggerating.
This is the first attempt ever to land on a comet, lead by the European Space Agency. Their goal:
Just as the Rosetta Stone provided the key to an ancient civilisation, so ESA's Rosetta spacecraft will unlock the mysteries of the oldest building blocks of our Solar System – the comets. As the worthy successor of Champollion and Young, Rosetta will allow scientists to look back 4600 million years to an epoch when no planets existed and only a vast swarm of asteroids and comets surrounded the Sun.
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Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. Picture taken at about 9.8 km height by the Rosetta Satellite.
More info on ESA.int: Click here
Live stream: Click here
Live hub from ESA: Click here
More info on NASA.gov: Click here
NASA stream: Click here
Also, watch this amazing video made by ESA
