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June 14, 2015

'Hello Earth': Comet probe Philae wakes up
Paris (AFP) Jun 14, 2015
The European space probe Philae woke up overnight after a months-long sleep as it hurtled towards towards the Sun on the back of a comet, the French space chief said Sunday. "We received new signals from (Philae) for a period of two minutes, as well as 40 seconds' worth of data," Jean-Yves Le Gall, president of the National Centre for Space Studies (CNES), told AFP. "Hello Earth! Can you hear me?" the tiny robot lab tweeted under the hashtag #WakeUpPhilae. Europe launched a new bid in ... read more

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