SPACE: Probe touches down on comet: Philae lander reaches surface of comet with assistance of technology that has been developed in the UK

摘要

Technology developed in the UK has helped ESA to successfully place a probe on a comet for the first time. ESA's mission control in Darmstadt, Germany, confirmed that the Philae lander had reached the surface of Comet 67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko shortly after 1600GMT on 12 November 2014.