Comet update: Philae running on last scraps of battery power

By Dan Thisdell2014-11-14T18:22:00

Philae, the washing-machine-sized lander that the European Space Agency has successfully delivered to the surface of a comet, looks destined to complete just a fraction of its scientific agenda as it counts down the final hours before its batteries run out after an landing system malfunction ...

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