Philae

The basic approach went as planned: after separating from the Rosetta orbiter, Philae coasted slowly to the comet surface.

UPDATE: Since publication yesterday, the Philae team learned that the probe bounced two times and apparently landed on its side.

In that mission, Philae follows the Deep Impact probe, which did not include a lander.

For that reason, Rosetta and Philae might help us understand the chemical origins of life on Earth.

His worship was universal throughout Egypt, but his chief temples were at Abydos and Philae.

I saw the priest of Abydos night and day persecuting the maiden, who had taken refuge in a temple of Isis on the island of Philae.

In the temple of Philae in Egypt, Isis is represented with the horns and ears of a cow joined to a beautiful woman.

Once more in our boat we make our way slowly towards the sad rock which to-day is Philae.

Such is the case of Philae when looked at from a practical point of view.