epa04487462 A handout picture made available by the European Space Agency (ESA) on 13 November 2014 and made by the CIVA camera on Rosetta?s Philae lander, shows as the spacecraft have snapped a selfie with comet 67P/Churyumov?Gerasimenko from a distance of about 16 km from the surface of the comet. The image was taken on 07 October 2014 and captures the side of the Rosetta spacecraft and one of Rosetta?s 14 m-long solar wings, with the comet in the background. Two images with different exposure times were combined to bring out the faint details in this very high contrast situation. The comet’s active ?neck? region is clearly visible, with streams of dust and gas extending away from the surface. ESA wrote a new chapter in the history of space exploration on 12 November 2014 by landing the probe Philae on the surface of a comet for the first time, marking the climax of a decade-long mission. But the mission encountered a problem after the lander failed to deploy anchors to keep the craft tethered to the comet. EPA/ESA/Rosetta/Philae/CIVA Black and white only HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES
//= $special ?>Europe makes history with comet landing
14 ta' Novembru 2014
You may also like
AKTAR STEJJER
MORE ARTICLES


