article_snippet: After a four billion mile (6.5 billion km) journey, The Rosetta probe, which was carrying Philae then successfully released European Space Agency from European Space Agency 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 Rosetta probe, which was carrying Philae first made contact with the surface
article_snippet: The Rosetta probe, which was carrying Philae failed to fire harpoons that would have kept The Rosetta probe, which was carrying Philae attached to the comet.
article_snippet: This resulted in The Rosetta probe, which was carrying Philae bouncing to a height of 0.62 miles (1km) above the comet before again landing on the surface.
article_snippet: The Rosetta probe, which was carrying Philae then bounced again, but to a much lower altitude.
article_snippet: Philae touched down on 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on 12 November, but rather than landing softly, the failure of Philae harpoons and thrusters saw Philae bounce twice.
article_snippet: Philae first bounced to a height of 0.62 miles (1km) and then 65ft (20 metres) before finally coming to rest at an angle on uneven ground.
article_snippet: Blurry images captured the the spacecraft movement through the air.
article_snippet: The Rosetta orbiter took a number of images of Philae as The Rosetta orbiter bounced, with The Rosetta orbiter final suspected resting place in the top right.
article_snippet: This image sent back by the lander shows one of This image sent back by the Philae lander three feet next to what appears to be a cliff face .
article_snippet: Philae was able to send back a photograph - the first taken from the surface of a comet - of an overhanging cliff face that is thought to be obscuring the lander.
article_snippet: This graphic shows how Philae bounced twice after This graphic failed to anchor This graphic to the surface of the comet .
article_snippet: This blurry image captures the moment Philae bounced from the comet's surface after failing to anchor Philae .
article_snippet: Rosetta captured a mothership's view of Philae as Rosetta descended to the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on 12 November 2014 before losing contact with the Rosetta probe after the Rosetta probe bounced twice on the surface .