New Delhi:
Google is celebrating the historic landing of European Space Agency's probe Philae on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in a rather iconic way. (Europe Makes Space History as Philae Probe Lands on Comet)
By replacing Google's second 'O' with an animated version of the spacecraft and showing a series of comets in the backdrop, Google through its doodle attempts to transport the viewer into space, even if it is for a short while.
The 100-kg (220-pound) lander touched down at about 1600 GMT after a seven-hour descent from spacecraft Rosetta around half a billion kilometres (300 million miles) from Earth. It also marks the completion of ESA's decade-long mission - which aims to find more about the origins of celestial bodies.
Wednesday's launch went ahead despite a few initial glitches due to which the probe had to rely mainly on its harpoons to stop it bouncing back from the comet's surface.
By replacing Google's second 'O' with an animated version of the spacecraft and showing a series of comets in the backdrop, Google through its doodle attempts to transport the viewer into space, even if it is for a short while.
A doodle landed on our homepage to celebrate the Philae landing on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Congrats, ESA! http://t.co/dR7v2uQ9yT
- Google Doodles (@GoogleDoodles) November 12, 2014The 100-kg (220-pound) lander touched down at about 1600 GMT after a seven-hour descent from spacecraft Rosetta around half a billion kilometres (300 million miles) from Earth. It also marks the completion of ESA's decade-long mission - which aims to find more about the origins of celestial bodies.
Wednesday's launch went ahead despite a few initial glitches due to which the probe had to rely mainly on its harpoons to stop it bouncing back from the comet's surface.
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