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Comet P67. Photographed by the Rosetta probe on July 7, 2015 from a distance of 154 km. Source: ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM.

Comet 67P studied by the Rosetta spacecraft: summary of findings

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The model of the Philae lander on the stage of the event hall at the control center of the European Space Agency in Darmstadt, Germany, November 12, 2014. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

Farewell to the comet lander

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Kalachao Siyum, a doctoral student at the University of Arizona, of Ethiopian origin, presents the jawbone he discovered at a site in the Afar state in Ethiopia, which dates back the first species in the human lineage to 2.8 million years. Photo: Arizona State University

Summary of the year 2015 in science

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The nucleus of comet 67P Churyumov-Garasimenko was 5 km in diameter. Photo: European Space Agency

A surprise in the findings of the Philae comet lander: complex organic materials

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The Philae lander stands vertically on its side with one leg in outer space. Here we see it in relation to the panoramic image taken by the CIV camera. Photo: ESA

The comet lander with whom contact was lost transmitted a first sign of life after seven months

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The nucleus of Comet 67P Churyumov-Grasimenko as imaged by Rosetta's Navigation Camera, December 7, 2014

Summary of 2014 Part I - Man in space: the landing on the comet, the test flight of Orion and the space disasters

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Kalim Churyomov in an interview with the scientist website: "I am happy that the European Space Agency chose a comet that I co-discovered as a target for the spacecraft"

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The Rosetta spacecraft is operated by crews at the European Space Agency's Operations Center in Darmstadt, Germany.

Rosetta continues in the full scientific phase

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A photograph showing the Philae lander taking off from comet 67P Churimov-Gersimenko in Rosetta animation. Credit: SA/Rosetta/NAVCAM; pre-processed by Mikel Canania"

The wisdom of the crowds helped discover the jump of the Philae lander and its final landing place on the comet

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The model of the Philae lander on the stage of the event hall at the control center of the European Space Agency in Darmstadt, Germany, November 12, 2014. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

Philae completed her initial mission and went into forced hibernation

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Philae landed on its side and in a shady spot but managed to take and broadcast historical images of the ground of a comet nucleus from the surface; Fear of its ability to continue operating when the batteries run out

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The first image sent by the Philae lander after landing on the comet. The ground is rockier than the mission scientists had estimated. Photo: ESA

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

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Landing Manager Stefan Olmec and ESA Operations Director Paolo Perry at a press conference summarizing the events of the PHILAE landing on Comet 67P at the ESA Control Center in Darmstadt. 12.11.14. Photo: Avi Belizovskan

Assessment as to the cause of the disruptions: Philae landed, then took off again and landed at a different point

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ESOC director Paolo Perry. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

ESOC director Paolo Perry in an interview with the science website: Rosetta is not a typical space mission

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European Space Agency control room director: "Philae on the comet" Update: apparently the anchors did not stick to the ground

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The manager of the landing operation of the Philae spacecraft on a comet in a conversation with the website Hadaan: One of the gas tanks intended to assist in the landing did not open, but we are sure that even without it the landing will be smooth.

Update: A signal was received from the lander. The director of the landing operation of the Philae spacecraft to the science site: one of the gas tanks intended to assist in the landing did not open, but we are sure that the landing on the comet will be smooth

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Rosetta, the scientific mission to study the surface of the cometary nucleus, "Aspiration" a short film from the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation describing the near future, and a drawing of Rosetta for children designed to encourage the younger generation to prepare for the great adventures to come. Photos (Photo Credits: ESA, Platige Image, ESA Communications

4 days to landing on the comet - the science website will report from the field; The European Space Agency released a short DVB film describing the operation

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