10-21-2016, 09:54 PM
(10-21-2016, 11:38 AM)Drashner1 Wrote:(10-21-2016, 06:30 AM)Avengium Wrote: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_...nd_landing
I think this landing could be interesting.
I've been deep in the weeds of late, but I thought I saw something about a space probe landing and then going silent or something. Was that this one or something else? Or do I just need to get my medication changed?
The Rosetta comet probe's solar-powered lander, named Philae, went silent shortly after it landed. Its landing was hard enough that it bounced, winding up in a shaded area of the comet's surface. Might that be what you're remembering? The Rosetta's mission was completed just recently. See http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_...archive%29
Selden