Rosetta mission: even poor posture, Philae works!

Following the complicated robot Philae landing on the comet "tchouri" scientists all agree on one thing: Philae is not where it should be.

I Was quite a bit away from you, Was not I? - Philae Lander (@ Philae2014)

After two rebounds, he is on a slant, on two feet and not three, without securing slope ... The little robot is in a stable position and uncomfortable, but it works.

This is the main one responsible for the Stephan Ulamec at draft press conference at the European Space Operations Centre of ESA in Darmstadt, Germany:

"We have a better understanding of what happened. But we are still not where Philae is not know exactly ... "

Phew! I am confident our teams That Will find me. . Would not like to lose touch with you - Philae Lander (@ Philae2014)

"I would say that is probably asked twice, but in fact we tried three times, there is inflation on the number of landing!" Said Stephan Ulamec.

Philae actually attempted to land at 14:33, 4:26 p.m. ET 4:33 p.m. CET prior to establishing contact with the probe.

Hello! An update on life on - Yesterday Was Exhausting! I actually Performed landings 3, 15: 33, 5:26 p.m. & 5:33 p.m. UTC. Stay tuned for more- Philae Lander (@ Philae2014)

In any case, after ten years on board the European probe, eight of the ten instruments of Philae work. Both must be activated remotely. The check up of small laboratory robot has actually continued all night and the first data collected by instruments on the surface are under treatment SONC at CNES in Toulouse.

The first pictures of the comet we have already received.

Now That I'm Safely on the ground, here is what my new home looks like From Where I am. - Philae Lander (@ Philae2014)

First postcard from another world: Here are the panoramic photo - CNES (CNES)

Moved to tears, Andrea Accomazzo, director of flight operations for the Rosetta mission, was carried away by the joy:

"We are preparing for the coming days, weeks, months and maybe for a few more years. I wish everyone a few years still speak of this fantastic mission and this fantastic team of this fantastic comet and the even more fantastic science, thank you very much! "

It may be possible to drill in the soil samples of the comet 67P / Churyumov-Gerasimenko, but solar panels work, which give some time for scientists to conduct their experiments.

From Darmstadt, our correspondent Jeremy Wilks enthused: "now we have the pictures and we begin to receive these great information from the surface of the comet 500 million km from here. Philae is not exactly where the scientists wanted but regardless, it is already the most fantastic missions and remember that Rosetta will fly alongside the comet until the end of 2015. "

Philae next contact in the early evening Thursday.