The European Space Agency made history on November 12th, 2014 when its lander, Philae, became the first ever controlled, man-made object to land on a moving comet.
"We're are on the comet!" #cometlanding
https://t.co/c6xIWJp0TR
— ESA (@esa) November 12, 2014
Philae traveled alongside the ESA space probe, Rosetta, for 10 years, 8 months, and 12 days before reaching its final destination, the comet Churyumov–Gerasimenko.
