Philae settled on a rocky surface but did not anchor to the ground of the comet

In two images transmitted by the panoramic camera, one of its legs can be seen standing on a large rock, and the spacecraft is not anchored to the ground

The Philae lander that was launched yesterday from the Rosetta spacecraft and later landed on the surface of comet 67P Churyumov-Grasimenko, managed to stabilize, after apparently during yesterday evening and night it bounced several times.

The reason for the jumps manifested in the interruptions of the radio connection, is that the rings or anchors that were supposed to catch the ground and hold Philae so that she would not fly into space due to the low gravity, did not open or did not penetrate the ground, which was different from what the mission scientists expected.

In two images broadcast by the panoramic camera, one of her legs can be seen standing on a large rock. The image on the left consists of a combination of both. The panoramic image from CIVA will be revealed at the press conference held by the European Space Agency at the control center in Darmstadt in the afternoon.