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SPACE-EUROPE-ASTRONOMY-COMET-SIGNAL
A handout photo released on November 13, 2014 by the European Space Agency, and taken on the eve by the ROLIS (Rosetta Lander Imaging System) instrument, shows the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko during Philae's descent, from a distance of approximately 40 m above the surface. It shows that the surface of the comet is covered by dust and debris ranging from mm to metre sizes. The large block in the top right corner is 5 m in size. In the same corner the structure of the Philae landing gear is visible. The images were taken around the time of landing on 12 November when Rosetta was about 18 km from the centre of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (about 16 km from the surface). Europe's Rosetta spacecraft made contact with its robot craft Philae soon after the lander embarked on November 12 on a solo, seven-hour descent to a comet, ground controllers said. "Rosetta is receiving a signal from Philae," mission operations department head Paolo Ferri said at the European Space Agency (ESA) control centre in Darmstadt, Germany. Communications were re-established on schedule more than two hours after Philae set off at 0835 GMT for a 20-kilometre (12-mile) descent from the Rosetta orbiter, its home for the last decade. AFP PHOTO / ESA/Rosetta/Philae/ROLIS/DLR
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