11-12-2014, 11:46 AM
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European scientists make space history by landing probe on a comet after 10-year mission
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Rosetta's probe, Philae, has become the first craft in history to land on a comet.
After a daring seven-hour descent, and despite problems with its thrusters, the probe touched down on 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
However, controllers admit the probe is still facing major problems as it emerged the harpoons supposed to tether it to the surface had not fired, leaving it attached only by screws on its legs.
In an emotional speech, Esa director general Jean-Jacques Dordain said: 'It's a big step for human civilisation.'
Scientists hope data from the probe will help reveal how the solar system was first created 4.5 billion years ago.
The confirmation of the landing was relayed via Rosetta to Earth and picked up simultaneously by a ground station in Malargüe, Argentina and Madrid, Spain, before being confirmed in Darmstadt.
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