After long search, Rosetta finally finds the Philae comet lander
 

After long search, Rosetta finally finds the Philae comet lander
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The European Space Agency has finally found the Philae lander, ending a nearly two-year search for the missing spacecraft.

The Rosetta orbiter spotted Philae in a dark ***** on Comet67P's smaller lobe, the Paris-based ESA an**unced on Monday.

Philae soft-landed on Comet 67P in 2014 to accompany the comet as it hurtled through the inner solar system. But the lander stopped communicating with the Rosetta orbiter after just three days, leaving mission control searching in vain for Philae's precise location.

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"This remarkable discovery comes at the end of a long, painstaking search," Patrick Martin, the ESA's Rosetta mission manager, said in a statement. Read more...

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