It's hard to top the tricky, first-ever landing on a comet, broadcast live on the Internet. That's what space lovers and other curious types got on Wednesday, when the European Space Agency's probe Philae touched down on Comet 67P. It was high drama that continued into the afternoon as questions arose about whether the probe, in fact, stuck the landing despite the fact that harpoons designed to anchor it failed to fire. Then the probe's batteries appeared to conk out.
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