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Schiaparelli, are you there? The high risks of space robotics again crash home
In Darmstadt, Germany, European Space Agency (ESA) teams are scrambling to confirm contact with the Entry, Descent and Landing Demonstrator Module (EDM), Schiaparelli—the spectre of Philae still hau...
20 October 2016, by
Alex Kirkpatrick
Philae: A proof of concept for cometary landing
We asked Alan Winfield what the first successful landing on a comet means for the future of space mining. Find out his answer below.
The successful landing of Philae on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasim...
01 December 2014, by
Alan Winfield
One giant leap: Rosetta and the space mining frontier
The Rosetta mission’s dramatic rendezvous with comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko captured the attention and imagination of the world earlier this month. It was thrilling to see an ambitious 10-year pr...
24 November 2014, by
Kris Zacny
Touchdown! Rosetta’s Philae makes first ever landing on a comet
UPDATE: ESA's Rosetta mission has soft-landed its Philae probe on to the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The signal confirming the successful touchdown arrived on Earth at 16:03 GMT (17:03...
12 November 2014, by
Ioannis K. Erripis