It would have been a heroic coda to an already ambitious, historic mission, but alas, it was not meant to be. For the past few months, controllers at Germany’s DLR (the German Aerospace Center) have been sending commands to Philae, Rosetta’s lander, which touched down not once, but three times upon the surface of Comet … Continue reading Goodnight, Sweet Philae: Bid to Reawaken Rosetta’s Lander Near Impossible More