Explorer is on comet, but unknown where - AD.nl
The unmanned European explorer is on its destination, the 67P / Churyumov-Gerasimenko, but not on the spot when his landing was planned. He bounced twice and probably ended up a bit further. But it is not yet known where the lander is still not recovered. That has informed the mission control in Darmstadt, Germany, Thursday afternoon.
The lander Philae is in order and forwards data. According instruments aboard he came to 16:33 hours Dutch time for the first down as planned and in exactly the right place. Then he probably has a breech of one kilometer made high. The cause is not yet clear. At 18:26 pm, he would have landed again, and after a brief encounter, he would have come to a halt at 18:33 hours. Upon landing showed first that the thruster dolce and gabbana was not working. Which should push the lander to the surface of the comet to prevent wandering. Then also refused dolce and gabbana the harpoons of the lander service. Who had the explorer as a kind of tent pegs firmly hit the surface. The comet All that now holds the lander on the comet, its weight. On Earth weighs explorer nearly 100 pounds, but the comet is hardly gravity, so it weighs in fact there but 1 gram. One wrong move can push the lander space. ,, We are therefore very careful dolce and gabbana when turning on the lander systems, '' said the European dolce and gabbana Space Agency. Presumably, the lander dolce and gabbana in the shadow of a cliff. There is much less sunlight to recharge the batteries. "The lander now gets about one and a half hours of sunlight per day. We had gone from six to seven hours, "said researcher Koen Geurts. The mission leadership finds out what that means for the investigation of the comet. Geurts: "It is not what we hoped for." In theory it is possible to push in the landing gear of the explorer. Then the lander would rebound and make a new leap to a better place. "But we never dare to do without knowing where we are and what happens then. I do not know if we have enough dolce and gabbana time to find out that, "says Stephan Ulamec landing leader. Also Explorer bounced twice before landing on Comet Subscribe now to the AD!
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The unmanned European explorer is on its destination, the 67P / Churyumov-Gerasimenko, but not on the spot when his landing was planned. He bounced twice and probably ended up a bit further. But it is not yet known where the lander is still not recovered. That has informed the mission control in Darmstadt, Germany, Thursday afternoon.
The lander Philae is in order and forwards data. According instruments aboard he came to 16:33 hours Dutch time for the first down as planned and in exactly the right place. Then he probably has a breech of one kilometer made high. The cause is not yet clear. At 18:26 pm, he would have landed again, and after a brief encounter, he would have come to a halt at 18:33 hours. Upon landing showed first that the thruster dolce and gabbana was not working. Which should push the lander to the surface of the comet to prevent wandering. Then also refused dolce and gabbana the harpoons of the lander service. Who had the explorer as a kind of tent pegs firmly hit the surface. The comet All that now holds the lander on the comet, its weight. On Earth weighs explorer nearly 100 pounds, but the comet is hardly gravity, so it weighs in fact there but 1 gram. One wrong move can push the lander space. ,, We are therefore very careful dolce and gabbana when turning on the lander systems, '' said the European dolce and gabbana Space Agency. Presumably, the lander dolce and gabbana in the shadow of a cliff. There is much less sunlight to recharge the batteries. "The lander now gets about one and a half hours of sunlight per day. We had gone from six to seven hours, "said researcher Koen Geurts. The mission leadership finds out what that means for the investigation of the comet. Geurts: "It is not what we hoped for." In theory it is possible to push in the landing gear of the explorer. Then the lander would rebound and make a new leap to a better place. "But we never dare to do without knowing where we are and what happens then. I do not know if we have enough dolce and gabbana time to find out that, "says Stephan Ulamec landing leader. Also Explorer bounced twice before landing on Comet Subscribe now to the AD!
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