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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11224
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SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) space

Philae to resume exploration in March

Brussels, 06/01/2015 (Agence Europe) - The batteries of robotic lander Philae are expected to be recharged by the end of March, allowing it to resume its exploration work on comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko (or Chury, for short). Philae landed on the comet on 12 November of last year after a ten-year-long journey aboard the Rosetta spacecraft carefully guided by the European Space Agency. Three days later, the lander went into safe mode, sooner than planned, because its final stop was in a shaded...

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