It's Alive! Comet Lander Philae Phones Home After Months of Silence
Sunday, June 14, 2015 - 11:30
in Astronomy & Space
A European probe that made a bouncy landing on a comet last year and then slipped into an silent hibernation is alive again and phoning home. The Philae comet lander on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko beamed its "alive" signal home on Saturday, June 13.