Rosetta wakes up

[John.E]

What else is there to say other than Rosetta has woken up and phoned home. Sweet, let the dance among the stars begin

[dr_jt]

Long way to go before the landing. Lets hope they land better than me.

[ZedNova]

Sorry but i don't understand. Could someone explain?

[Awaras]

Sorry but i don't understand. Could someone explain?

http://news.sky.com/story/1198129/rosetta-comet-chasing-probe-wakes-up

[John.E]

Very cool project, 10 years in space, last 3.5 of them 'sleeping' and it wakes up within 43 minutes of the allocated time 5,000,000 miles to go and if all goes will drop a lander onto a tumbling bit of rock and ice with gravity at 1/1000th of Earth.

[The Destroyer]

Saw this on the weather network

[TheBadAstronomer]

After 10 years in space, too. I wish we had time warp in real life to speed things up!