An engineering model of the Philae cometary lander on display at the 2015 Paris Air Show, showing the three landing legs and main body covered in sola

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An engineering model of the Philae cometary lander on display at the 2015 Paris Air Show, showing the three landing legs and main body covered in solar cells. The Philae flight model was transported to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko by the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft and touched down on the comet on 12 November 2014.

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Photo credit: © MARK WILLIAMSON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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