November 13 2014
Descent to a Comet
This picture appealed to me because it is something that I have already viewed. On September 19th, I posted a a blog post titled APOD 1.4 that contained the details of a spacecraft that was expected to land on a comet sometime in November. That time has come and the spacecraft has released the probe that will descend onto the comet. It is unguided and unpropelled, but it is still descending. The only problem the probe has occured is that its harpoon landing system did not engage. It is expected to conduct a 2.5 day science experiment sending back images frequently of the comet. The image that is shown here is from the probe roughly around three kilometers away from the comet.
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