The European Space Agency (ESA) reports that the connection with a research module Philae, working on the surface of the comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko, interrupted. “All of the scientific data from the first session is successfully transferred,” – said TASS reports citing the ESA.
It was reported earlier that the module continues to supply signals to the probe Rosetta, rotating in the orbit of the comet. But scientists fear that the batteries discharge apparatus in the very near future. He landed on the comet on the shady side, and can not charge the battery.
The way to Philae comet lasted 10 years. The landing took place machine November 12, 2014. He collected at the nucleus of the comet samples of soil, which, according to scientists, can shed light on the mystery of the origin of the solar system and the origin of life on Earth.
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