Rosetta mission succeeds in landing on a comet

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Really cool seeing the first ever images of the surface of a comet from the Rosetta mission, courtesy of the ESA. It really does look like a dirty snowball.

Unfortunately it seems that the lander ended up in a shady spot, which is limiting its ability to use solar panels to charge its batteries.  It’s also not yet properly anchored into the surface, and ESA scientists are actually considering a repositioning maneuver. Stay tuned…

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