Ten years later .. "Velay" lands on the surface of the comet

Ten years later .. "Velay" lands on the surface of the comet

Confirmed the European Space Agency (ESA) Android Velay successfully landing on the surface of the comet after separation from the mother vehicle "Rosetta", which was launched ten years ago, in an attempt to explore the origin of the solar system.

The agency reported that "Velay" (Philae) landed on the surface of comet "67P / Churimov Gracimenko" After about seven hours of separation from "Rosetta", more than 510 million miles from Earth.

He said IAEA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain said, "This is a big step in the history of human civilization," while stopping a crowd of scientists and guests and dignitaries and cheering Musfiqin in satisfaction at the announcement of the landing.

It is accessible from the ground to any comet travels toward the sun at 18 kilometers per second historic step in the history of aerospace engineering and accounts bodies.

Scientists hope that the Android provider is unable to ten devices to decipher the mysteries of comets, an ancient objects composed of ice and dust believed to have helped the formation of life on Earth.

And launched Rosetta mission cost of $ 1.6 billion dollars into space in 2004, and took it reaches its target in August / August this year, about ten years, where he was using the force of gravity between the Earth and Mars to accelerate the movement of the vehicle.

And cut off the vehicle and Android 6.5 billion kilometers away together before they separated today in preparation for landing robots on the comet.

Source: French