PHILAE HAS LANDED

[Aide33]

This is the the first man made probe to ever land on a comet.
The lander is called Philae and the orbiter is Rosetta.

http://sci.esa.int/rosetta/

Livestream:
http://new.livestream.com/accounts/362/events/3544091

The ESA will be livestreaming it all the way to the landing(it's live now)

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[tnatsissA]

R.I.P.

[Aide33]

R.I.P.

wat

[KishgalYS]

R.I.P.

Uh...?

[ResonKinetic]

i hope something horrible happens 

but really this is gonna be cool

[Aide33]

Pics of the comet so far









Landing site:

[carolcat]

didnt this happen in a space odyssey book

[Aide33]

GO/NO GO decision is about to take place in 33 minutes.
my bad it's at 02:35 UTC

[Car Selling Pyro]

sounds neat

[WaterOre]

this is pretty cool
the waiting music's nice too

[Doomonkey]

Practice landing on a comet yourself with comet quest by NASA.

[Couatl]

keeping this on all night

[Tetris]

there are so many different times all over the place

when exactly is this happening?

[Aide33]

LANDER SEPARATION CONFIRMED!

First pictures in two hours time, landing is in 7 hours!
#cometlanding is trending on twitter worldwide and 144k people are watching the stream!

[Oasis]

Totally happening.