Rosetta/Philae Replica

[Zucal]

I was bored and felt like doing some low-g somersaults, so I went and built this quick n' dirty Rosetta mission recreation, using Gilly as the stand-in comet. Rosetta and Philae are two spacecraft currently investigating the comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Rosetta is the orbiter, while a few months ago Philae became the first spacecraft to land on a comet.

Craft Info: 137 parts, 4.4 tons, 700 m/s of dv. Philae is equipped with its own 4 RCS thrusters, over-adequate for Gilly's gravity.

Beauty shots!

Thanks for viewing, and leave some rep if you enjoyed!

[pTrevTrevs]

Gah, I was going to rep you, but I must "spread some Reputation around before giving it to Zucal again"

Great mission. I wonder though, what ever became of Philae in real life? I heard it landed in the shadow and was unable to recharge its batteries. Is it still functioning?

[Columbia]

Wha~ Zucal, why do you keep doing this?! I thought it was impossible to build a Rosetta-Philae replica myself, but you just beat me to it!

Repped! Are you going to make the Ariane 5 anytime soon?

[Sky_walker]

Very nice And I see you used Gilly as a comet? Hehehe, I did the same with my iteration.

[ThatGuyWithALongUsername]

"You have to spread some rep around before giving it to Zucal again." WHY?!

Seriously, you make really good probe replicas.