Hours ago, Google posted a Google Doodle for the Philae spacecraft, the robotic European Space Agency lander that accompanied the Rosetta spacecraft and touched down today using a controlled mechanism.
It landed on comet Nucleus and will be responsible for capturing images from a comet’s surface and make the first in situ analysis to determine the comet’s composition.
This process started back in February 16, 2004 – so it is a long time coming. Here is the depiction of the landing:
It touched down at 15:08 GMT, which is 10:08 AM EDT.
For more about this accomplishment, see the official web site.
Forum discussion at Google+.
