Cute European Space Agency Animation Shows Philae Impatiently Asking Rosetta “Are We There Yet?”

The ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft is on a decade-long mission to bring the Philae lander to comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. They’re getting close, but it’s a long trip. From this animation it looks like Philae is getting a little impatient to reach the comet and start doing some science.

(via ESA)

Previously in Rosetta’s excellent adventure

• Rosetta just released a GIF of comet 67P spinning as it approaches
• Here’s an interactive 3D visualization of the entire Rosetta mission
• Rosetta woke up in January of this year to fulfill her destiny

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