The Philae robot gives a new sign of life – Boursorama

  
 BERLIN, July 10 (Reuters) – The Philae robot, which was released seven months of silence in mid-June on the tchouri comet passed Thursday data operations center the European Space Agency (ESA) in Darmstadt, Germany. The robot landed on November 12 in a little sunny area, which prevented him to recharge his battery powered by solar panels. Running out of energy, he had entered into “hibernation” after 57 hours on the comet, more than 500 million kilometers from Earth. It was released on June 13 at the surprise of the researchers, while the comet approached the sun. Since then, scientists sought to establish a stable bond with the Rosetta probe, necessary for proper data transmission. Thursday evening, Philae was able to communicate with Rosetta 12 minutes and transmit the data using one of its instruments called CONSERT, responsible for the analysis of the internal structure of the comet. “It Philae sign of life proves that at least one of the  communication means of the undercarriage remains operational and receives our orders”, welcomed Koen Geurts at the center of space operations of ESA. (Victoria Bryan, Jean-Philippe Lefief for the French service) 
  

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