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| 11-12-2014, 02:26 PM | #1 |
| Photo from out in the Space! Philae deployed to land on Comet 67P
Today was a historic day for space exploration - first ever human made spacecraft to land on the surface of a comet! The mission itself was of an unimaginable technical complexity with multiple gravity assists from different planets, a long and dangerous hibernation period (unattempted until now) and a total duration of 10 years. More on this from this beautiful 3d visualization and histogram. I wanted to share a photo taken from the Philae lander while being deployed by the Rosetta spacecraft. I like this photo because of the flare and the bokeh which gives it character - it kind of anthropomorphizes the moment.  | |
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