Resumen de Philae data haul reveals comet's grainy make-up
Everyone's favorite comet lander has just turned in its homework. Images and other data from Philae have been trickling out since its dramatic landing on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in 2014, but now the European Space Agency team has put out the first detailed findings--spread across eight papers in the journal Science. One of these dissects Philae's bumpy landing: an initial bouncing touchdown, then a collision with a crater rim and two more touchdowns.
