article_snippet: The probe gripped the imaginations of the world when The probe landed on comet 67P on 12 November 2014.
article_snippet: The Rosetta probe, which was carrying Philae, launched into space in 2004, using the gravity of Earth and Mars to slingshot its way towards comet
article_snippet: 67P. its chased comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko through space for more than ten years, and entered orbit in August 2014.
article_snippet: After a four billion mile (6.5 billion km) journey, The probe then successfully released the Philae lander from the Philae lander grip to land on the comet on 12 November 2014, travelling at 1 metre (40 inches) per second relative to the comet.
article_snippet: But when The probe first made contact with the surface The probe failed to fire harpoons that would have kept The probe attached to the comet.
article_snippet: This resulted in The probe bouncing to a height of 0.62 miles (1km) above the comet before again landing on the surface.
article_snippet: The landing of Philae on 67P was a groundbreaking moment not only for Esa, but for spaceflight as a whole.
article_snippet: The landing of Philae on 67P marked the first time a probe had successfully landed on a comet.
article_snippet: Shown are some of the team celebrating when news of The landing of Philae on 67P was received back at mission control in Darmstadt, Germany .
article_snippet: Shown here are Rosetta and the Philae lander, in the centre, before they took off from Earth in 2004. 