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Philae Lander

@Philae2014

On 12 November 2014 I landed on comet #67P as part of

. I am operated by

's Lander Control Center LCC in Cologne.

Interplanetary Spacedlr.de/en/rosettaJoined October 2010

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Thank you all for being part of the journey! #GoodbyePhilae #PhilaeFound

Goodbye from Comet 67P

Thank you all for being a part of the journey!From #CometLanding to #GoodbyePhilae.http://www.dlr.de/en/rosetta

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My second touchdown on Comet 67P made a great new discovery possible: a mixture of ice and dust fluffier than the froth on a cappuccino. Mmm 😋... read all about it:

DLR – 4.5-billion-year-old ice on comet

After years of detective work, scientists working on the European Space Agency (ESA) Rosetta mission have now been able to locate where the Philae lander made its second and penultimate contact with...

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There is something I would like to tell you… tomorrow at 17:00 CET.

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Five years already?! 😲😲😲 #cometlanding #lifeonacomet

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Time flies like a lander towards a comet

#OnThisDay 5 years ago, @Philae2014 made history when it landed on Comet #67P and began humanity’s first dramatic close up #exploration of a comet’s surface youtube.com/watch?v=cArihD #lifeonacomet #cometlanding @ESA_Rosetta

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Good luck, buddy!

#AsteroidLanding

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... reminiscing about my #cometlanding ...

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Sneak peek of the @DLR_de #Comets exhibit with @Philae2014, @ESA_Rosetta and #67P at the Natural History Museum in #Vienna. Don't miss it! Opening is on 9 May 2018 @NHM_Wien #nhmwien #Vienna

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#Rosetta, is that you? #CometLanding

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#GoodbyePhilae: Communication unit switched off... A last #VideoUpdate from #Philae s Control Center at DLR

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I’m far from Earth&Sun!I’d love to take memories of YOU with me. Please send me a postcard from home! #GoodbyePhilae dlr.de/blogs/en/deskt

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It’s time for me to say goodbye. Tomorrow, the unit on

for communication with me will be switched off forever...

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It’s cold & dark on #67P & chances of communicating with

are decreasing, but I won’t give up just yet. dlr.de/dlr/en/desktop

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What happened on Sunday after

flywheel activation command? #Videoupdate with

@Rosetta_OSIRIS

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Still listening for

. Control team will send command to spin up flywheel. bit.ly/1O8NA1s (PC)

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Working out the next steps in the quest to contact #Philae is challenging our engineers more than ever. Next #videoupdate in January (KR)

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#Videoupdate: the quest to re-establish contact with

continues... #lifeonacomet

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ESA Rosetta Mission

Greetings #Earth team! Hope you're having a good week planning next stages of my mission! #LivingWithAComet #67P

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Dr Dr Matt 'Death Metal Unicorn' Taylor

Going for a long arm BradleyCooper @TheEllenShow #selfie #notOscars #SCIENCE @ESA_Rosetta with @NewHorizons2015

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I remember my 1st Earth fly-by w/

~11 yrs ago. Good luck tomorrow

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! Img: ESA

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I promised I’d send postcards from #67P! Here's one you might not have seen! #lifeonacomet dlr.de/dlr/en/desktop

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And that’s what my touchdown on #67P sounded like. Did you hear it? soundcloud.com/dlrde/touchdow #CometLanding

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Touchdown! My new address: 67P! #CometLanding

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What a view of my planned landing site, Agilkia, as I was #CometLanding on #67P one year ago!

ROLIS captures the descent of the Philae lander onto comet 67P / Die...

ENGLISH:The first photographs of the surface of a comet with a resolution of up to 1 cm/pixel:- The comet's surface consists of coarse debris, pebbles and ro...

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Remember when I hammered #67P with

one year ago? This is what it sounded like! The #comet rocks!

Hammering a Comet

When Philae landed on Comet 67P it conducted 64 hours of science. This MUPUS Pen hammering stroke that happened on 14 November 2014 at 01:34:30 UTC was heard by the Cometary Acoustic Surface Sounding

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It’s already been one year since #CometLanding. #lifeonacomet is nice, but I wish

and I could talk and reminisce together…

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#Videoupdate: What’s up with

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on #67P? #lifeonacomet

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#Videoupdate from LCC - as

moves closer to comet #67P, chances of contact with

increase.

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Ever thought about #cometlanding? Join me on comet #67P today at German Aerospace Day #TdLR in Cologne!

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I’ll keep on calling…

Philae calling ...

On 9 July, the team at the DLR Lander Control Center made contact with Philae for the last time. Towards the end of October, Rosetta will come closer and attempts to communicate will resume.

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ESA Rosetta Mission

Understanding

’s wake-up & current status – in-depth report by lander teams: ow.ly/S5eBD

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We’re at #67P #perihelion2015 !!! I do hope

is doing well up there! #ifeonacomet

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In less than 1 hour #67P,

and I will reach #perihelion2015 - what a ride it’s been so far youtube.com/watch?v=8YIFlH #lifeonacomet

Pieces of the Puzzle – Philae on Comet 67P

Philae’s landing on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (#CometLanding) on 12 November 2014 was a historic moment – the first time in the history of space explor...

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Reminiscing on #CometLanding and #lifeonacomet... Still plenty of memories to be made for

and I! youtube.com/embed/8YIFlHqG

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9 months since I landed on #67P & here to witness #perihelion2015 tomorrow! How exciting is my #lifeonacomet ?!!

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Today, on the last Friday before I reach perihelion, #FF to

@NewHorizons2015

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One year ago,

and I arrived at comet #67P. What a ride! Just one week left until we reach perihelion… can’t wait! #lifeonacomet

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I'm excited to announce that my scientists have published the results of all my hard work on #67P last November :-)

German Aerospace Center

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It's a pity we weren't able to talk these past days

... Hope you have a great trip across southern #67P! See you in 2 weeks :)

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Antennas crossed! #VideoUpdate #lifeonacomet

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I'll try to be extra loud on Thu&Fri, as

flies over +25 to +10º North again. Our chats at those latitudes were great! #67P

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I'm in good hands! -

@maxplanckpress

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Latest #news about the #Philae lander on #comet #67P dlr.de/dlr/en/desktop (KR) @Philae2014 #Rosetta

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Ah! I did think my antennas were feeling a bit weird lately. Thank you team for the bandage!

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What’s going on with #Philae? @Philae2014 technical project manager Koen Geurts tells us in this #VideoUpdate

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Looks like everything went smoothly! It's always nice to phone back #home, isn't it

@NASANewHorizons

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NASA New Horizons

@NASANewHorizons

NASA's New Horizons ‘Phones Home’ Safe after Pluto Flyby go.nasa.gov/1L8oP6h #Plutoflyby

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