Space and stuff

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Epic Cosmos ‏@EpicCosmos 35s35 seconds ago
About 40min of battery life remaining on @Philae2014. At some point we may hear from our comet-landing friend again w/help from our Sun.

ESA Operations ‏@esaoperations 20s21 seconds ago
@Philae2014: I will use all my remaining energy to "communicate" between @ESA_Rosetta & myself with @ConsertRosetta

 

[rascal]

ESA Operations ‏@esaoperations 1m1 minute ago
The @Philae2014 Lander has switched to stand by due to low power. All instruments off. Comm link still active #cometlanding

chrislintott ‏@chrislintott 33s33 seconds ago
Stand-by mode - still in communication but no science being done. Impressive performance in the last hour or so #cometlanding

 

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chrislintott ‏@chrislintott 2m2 minutes ago
Current comms mode is 1 packet every a few minutes - but no science data left on @philae2014 - it all got uploaded! Wonderful! #cometlanding

ALL THE SCIENCE WAS UPLOADED

@Philae2014: .@ESA_Rosetta I'm feeling a bit tired, did you get all my data? I might take a nap… #CometLanding

 

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chrislintott ‏@chrislintott 3m3 minutes ago
That's it. So long @Philae2014. We knew you for a short time, but got years of science. Do say hi if you ever get the chance. #cometlanding

it has been such a success and every one of those scientists who played their part deserve recognition.

 

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Philae Lander ‏@Philae2014 8m8 minutes ago
Thank you, @ESA_Rosetta! I did it! I became the first spacecraft to land on a comet & study it! But it’s not over yet… #CometLanding

What a trooper. It came, it saw, it did science.
There's years of data to be analysed.

 

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Philae Lander ‏@Philae2014 4m4 minutes ago
My #lifeonacomet has just begun @ESA_Rosetta. I'll tell you more about my new home, comet #67P soon… zzzzz #CometLanding

ESA Rosetta Mission ‏@ESA_Rosetta 11m11 minutes ago
.@Philae2014 That’s true, your data needs analysing & I’ll keep pace with #67P as it orbits the Sun & study how it changes. #CometLanding

 

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Rascal
About to have a tug in honour of Philae

 

[bizzaro]

ALL THE SCIENCE WAS UPLOADED

Message recieved.

 

[DualityNSNO]

It's a massive achievement for science/humanity...

But also reminds me a lot of this:

 

[TheFinnFan]

Philae sacrified its life for us and Science. ..

Snifffff

 

[bizzaro]

Philae sacrified its life for us and Science. ..

Snifffff

Its alive. In standby.

If it gets sun it'll power up at a later date.

 

[rascal]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b04pkvpq/the-sky-at-night-rosetta-a-sky-at-night-special

The Sky at Night - A special on Rosetta.

 

[bluemangroup]

It's a massive achievement for science/humanity...

But also reminds me a lot of this:

You've made me upset about a Mars rover you utter rotter.

 

[sageyefc]

Philae touchdown site seen by Rosetta's navigation camera. The first image in this sequence was taken on 12 November at 15:30 UTC, just before the lander's first touchdown; the second image was taken at 15:35 UTC, right after touchdown. The large red circle indicates the position of the shadow of the dust cloud caused by the landing. The third image in the sequence is the same as the second, with the likely position of Philae and its shadow highlighted.

Mosaic of high res images of lander touch down and bounce across surface

 

[rascal]

Excited

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/nov/18/philae-lander-comet-surface-detects-organic-molecules