Double Comet Landing? Philae Probe May Have Bounced During Touchdown

Wednesday, November 12, 2014 - 17:20 in Mathematics & Economics

Europe's Philae lander made history Wednesday, touching down on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. But the probe's anchoring harpoons didn't fire as planned, and Philae may have bounced off the surface before settling back again.

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