Philae Wakes Up… Again!

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Philae touching down on the comet. ESA/ATG medialab

After its hotly anticipated and dramatic landing on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, the Philae lander captured the world’s attention. Landing a robot the size of a washing machine on a lump of rock traveling 135,000 kilometers per hour (84,000 mph) more than 482 million kilometers (300 million miles) away is probably one of humankind’s greatest achievements so far.