5 amazing pictures tweeted by Rosetta and Philae

Yesterday history was made when the Philae lander, launched from the Rosetta spacecraft, landed on Comet 67P. Its mission is to transmit data from the comet about its composition. The landing is the culmination of a 10 year mission lead by the European Space Agency.

It hasn’t just been quietly feeding information to the scientists behind the mission though. Both Philae and Rosetta have been tweeting up a storm throughout the mission.

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In among the tweets have been some amazing photos, providing us with some of our first up-close images of a comet.

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