In the shadow of a cliff on an icy rock 700 million kilometers from Earth,a washing machine-sized robot by the name of Philae has spent the final two years in hibernation. We’d already given up hope of speaking with humanity’s first and only comet lander ever again, and time was running out to catch a final, and fleeting glimpse of the beloved craft. In the eleventh hour,science prevailed.
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Source: gawker.com