Stephan Ulamec, head of the Philae lander team at DLR, provides an update after touchdown on the comet.
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Stephan Ulamec, head of the Philae lander team at DLR, provides an update after touchdown on the comet.
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A few moments after the pirouette, battery voltage suddenly plummeted and engineers said the end was near. Trapped between a rock and a dark place beyond its ability to survive, Philae dutifully sent back stored data and even made fresh measurements until finally, just after 7:30 p.m. (EST-5), contact was finally lost.
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