Philae lander ‘sniffed’ carbon before going to sleep
Rosetta spacecraft’s lander identified element in comet molecules before battery ran out, say scientists
Rosetta’s digital radio makes 500m km seem just a half hour away
Philae lander’s data would mean nothing without speed-of-light communications
Rosetta: Philae now secure after landing on comet
European Space Agency receiving information again after concerns about space probe
European probe makes historic landing on comet
European Space Agency’s ‘Rosetta’ mission involved a 10-year journey of half a billion kilometres
‘A very risky event’: Rosetta prepares to land on a comet
As satellite prepares to touch down next Wednesday, Irish scientist Laurence O’Rourke plots its course
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