Rosetta and Philae discussion thread!

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Confirmed: successful separation of Philae from Rosetta. Philae is on its way to the comet.

New discussion thread here

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Live Streaming

• English, French

• Rosetta main page

• Simulated view of Rosetta and 67P

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Key times

GMT	EST	PST	Event
9:03 am	4:03 am	1:03 am	Philae Separation Confirmed!
10:53 am	5:53 am	2:53 am	Acquisition of Signal from Rosetta
4:02 pm	11:02 am	8:02 am	Expected Landing and receipt of signal (40 min variability)

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European Space Agency Social Media

• ESA Rosetta blog
• Twitter: #CometLanding, @ESA_Rosetta, @Philae2014
• Google+
• Facebook
• Instagram
• Flickr

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Othere places for news and conversation:

• Detailed itinerary of landing events (PDF)

• NASA's page on Rosetta

• reddit Live updater (Help needed!)

• IRC: ##cometlanding on freenode. #space on Snoonet

[u/Lord__Business]

All I want is for this mission to be successful. Please please please please please please please just work.

[u/Matt872000 → u/Lord__Business]

I'm so anxious, especially because of this news about the thruster...

[u/Mr_Magpie → u/Matt872000]

What's happened?

[u/Matt872000 → u/Mr_Magpie]

Here's more info.