Bumpty Bump Bump From Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

 

One more first for the Rosetta mission… sounds of Philae landing on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

ESA

The SESAME-CASSE instrument sensors on the feet of the Philae lander recorded the sound at the moment of contact with Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

 

ESA/ATG medialab

 

Rosetta Probe to Land on Comet Tomorrow

Tomorrow, Nov. 12, may mark the first time humans have soft-landed on a comet.  If this is successful it will be courtesy of The European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft which is currently orbiting Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko as it speeds through space.  Rosetta will release a lander, called Philae, down to the comet’s surface tomorrow while three different space-focused organizations host Rosetta webcasts for all to watch.