He is a conscientious robot.
More than 510 million km from Earth, Philae has sent all data related to drilling he has done on the comet tchouri.
It was feared that this little electronic worker who "work full time" and with a limited lifespan to 60 hours, before being discharged to send all information to the European Space Agency.
But no, the tweet of Philae, announcing that he started a new life on the comet and ending with "zzzzz", was sent once his task accomplished.
The robot dropped Wednesday by the Rosetta probe will now begin his hibernation.
According to scientists, he managed to maneuver a rotation that could allow it to pick up in the future more sunlight and wake up around the summer.
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