Rosetta, Philae and Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

[PakledHostage]

Pure speculation at the moment I'm afraid, even people at ESA don't know the exact cause right now, there can be dozens of reasons for interrupted communications.

And that is why I used words and phrases like "could be" and "maybe". We don't know. All we can do is spectate until we're given more to work with by ESA.

Edit: ESA news conference is postponed until 20 minutes from now.

Edited November 12, 2014 by PakledHostage

[Streetwind]

Media briefing is laaaaaaate :|

Gimme dat video already, I already missed the landing livestream!

EDIT: Hah, literally 10 seconds after I posted this it comes up... only to postpone it. Derp.

Edited November 12, 2014 by Streetwind

[Sky_walker]

I know PakledHostage, just wanted to highlight that That's all

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Reminder:

Primary stream: http://new.livestream.com/esa/cometlanding

Secondary stream: http://www.livestream.com/eurospaceagency

[DMSP]

Touchdown!!! The harpoons never fired...

[TimePeriod]

So now we wait.

We wait.

[Sky_walker]

Comms window with Philae is closed now. Scientists have to wait while Rosetta calmly flies around the comet.

Edited November 12, 2014 by Sky_walker

[m_robber]

While we wait, I just read the article about landing site name suggestions.

"Fictional characters from films, television shows, literary and musical works were also proposed. Some even referred to the virtual astronauts of the Kerbal Space Program, a popular online space exploration game."

Damn shame it didn't end up being called "Jeb's Landing" or somesuch.

[Jeroen D Stout]

Damn shame it didn't end up being called "Jeb's Landing" or somesuch.

I think calling a landing site "Jeb's Landing" is just asking for trouble, to be fair.

[Dkmdlb]

KSP is an online space exploration game? Wow.

[Torham234]

I made something topical...

http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b514/yes753cac/philae_zpsd780cac3.png~original' alt='philae_zpsd780cac3.png~original'>

[DMSP]

The harpoon never worked... Which is very sad... Maybe they did not keep calm

[Lego8_bit]

nice

also LIVE STREAM AGIAN http://www.accuweather.com/en/features/trend/esa_first_comet_landing_rosetta_spacecraft/37172118

[Korkin]

can Squad add comets to KSP?

[Camacha]

Here we go! Livestream is up.

[Sky_walker]

Press conference is live, starting now: http://new.livestream.com/esa/cometlanding

can Squad add comets to KSP?

Can, but Rosetta mission is ESA one, and SQUAD is somehow allergic to anything that got something in common with ESA.

[1of6Billion]

can Squad add comets to KSP?

Pretty please!

[Sky_walker]

Looks like lander lifted itself after the touchdown and started twisting when flywheel was turned off. But it "landed again" soon after, and went back in horizontal position.

Seems like the landing was very near the center of planned landing ellipse.

Contact with Philae will resume tomorrow. Update: tomorrow 14:00 CET (13:00 UTC)

Edited November 12, 2014 by Sky_walker

[ArmchairGravy]

The hi-res .jpeg is now my destop. It looks like a KSP screenshot of an octo probe core with solar panels. Good job, ESA!

[Karriz]

So it sounds like the lander did stop moving after all... well, hopefully that is the case. Can't wait for tomorrow afternoon...

[Kryten]

So far it looks like it landed, bounced to a small degree (resulting in power and signal strength going erratic), then landed again. Seems to be stable now.

[Magion]

Even closer image (from surface??) :

Position of the landing site (source: UMSF):

[Sky_walker]

Full resolution images from the landing are available on ESA Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/europeanspaceagency/

More to come

[GregA]

Pretty please!

With lobes on top!

[Xavven]

The harpoons did not fire, however the screws are in and there is no concern about its anchoring. The solar panels are producing electricity. Also, the thruster has a priming/perforation process that a sensor did not provide a positive affirmation that it worked, however the ESA confirmed that the thruster works and the sensor is most likely faulty (like getting a check engine light on your car when the only thing wrong is the indicator light itself).

[Frida Space]

now check this out!