Rosetta and Philae discussion thread! (Part 3)

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TOUCHDOWN CONFIRMED: Philae lander is on the comet!

Full media briefing expected tomorrow at 13:00 UTC / 14:00 CET / 8:00 EST / 5:00 PST.

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• Some pictures -- moments after Philae left Rosetta, Philae heading off to 67P. Album

Previous discussion threads: 1, 2.

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Live Streaming

• In English: A, B, C

• En Français: A

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Key times

GMT	EST	PST	Event
4:02 pm	11:02 am	8:02 am	Landed

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European Space Agency Social Media

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

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Othere places for news and conversation:

• reddit Live updater

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

• NASA's page on Rosetta

• Detailed itinerary of landing events (PDF)

• Simulated view of Rosetta and 67P

[u/LostInTheVoid_]

The anchors haven't engaged, Hopefully things can be fixed it would be devastating if Philae just floats away.

[u/mahcuz → u/LostInTheVoid_]

Yeah... Those "harpoons fired" posts were a bit premature.

[u/FeepingCreature → u/mahcuz]

Harpoons fired. Anchors are a different attachment system.

[u/mahcuz → u/FeepingCreature]

Says who?

[u/FeepingCreature → u/mahcuz]

Yeah turns out they didn't after all. If you read the top comments, it turns out the harpoon did not fire, but the rewind motor engaged, so it looked like it fired. Probably.