Rosetta Mission: Nerve-racking suspense for Bremen Researchers
conducted by the landing module; namely, the collection of data to see whether the comet might be carrying the molecular building blocks of life. Precision landing failed The landing and subsequent maneuvers [...] then the mission has not only been holding the scientists involved in suspense. Unfortunately, the landing of the “Philae” module onto the comet did not go quite according to plan, and it was some time before [...] audiences around the world. Small wonder, for this was the very first time a module had been soft-landed on the surface of a comet. But the excitement was initially dashed as it became clear that Philae