On Wednesday, the European Space Agency's (ESA's) Rosetta spacecraft will release a washing machine — sized lander, Philae, in the hope that it alights safely on the dusty, black surface of comet 67P / Churyumov - Gerasimenko. (sciencemag.org)
Tomorrow, the European Space Agency (ESA) will attempt to land the tiny Philae probe onto the surface of a comet. (entrepreneur.com)
The surface of the comet is hard and uneven, and the probe does not have the ability to make last - minute adjustments. (entrepreneur.com)