Philae, the spaceprobe thought dead/lost until it recommunicated with controllers in 2015 is on?
Philae (spacecraft) search engine Google featured a Google Doodle of "Philae" on its home page. On 31 December 2014, Google featured "Philae" again as part of its New Year's Eve 2014 Doodle. Online comic author Randall Munroe wrote a live updating strip on his website "xkcd" on the day of the landing. Philae (spacecraft) Philae ( or ) is a robotic European Space Agency lander that accompanied the "Rosetta" spacecraft until it separated to land on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, ten years and eight months after departing Earth. On 12 November 2014, "Philae" touched down on the comet, but it bounced when its anchoring
Philae (spacecraft) the comet as it became more active. The last communication was on 9 July 2015, and mission controllers were unable to instruct "Philae" to carry out new investigations. Subsequently, "Philae" failed to respond to further commands, and by January 2016, controllers acknowledged no further communications were likely. On 27 July 2016, at 09:00 UTC, ESA switched off the Electrical Support System Processor Unit (ESS) onboard "Rosetta", making further communications with "Philae" impossible. The lander was located on 2 September 2016 by the narrow-angle camera aboard "Rosetta" as it was slowly making its descent to the comet. The search for the