ESA · Aerospace · 2014
First spacecraft to soft-land on a comet. Released by the Rosetta orbiter onto Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on 12 November 2014. Harpoons failed to fire on landing, causing Philae to bounce twice and come to rest in a shadowed location ~1 km from intended site. Operated intermittently on battery power for ~60 hours before going silent; briefly re-established contact in mid-2015.
| Category | Aerospace |
| Status | Active |
| Year | 2014 |
| Origin | Europe |
| Height | 800 mm |
| Weight | 100 kg |
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