Philae landing on comet
Artist’s impression of the Rosetta orbiter deploying the Philae lander to comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko (not to scale). After an extensive mapping phase by the orbiter in August–September 2014, a landing site will be selected for Philae to conduct in situ measurements in November 2014.
Released: 03/12/2013
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Placing Gaia in the payload transport container (CCU3)
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Preparing Gaia's launch vehicle
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