Pictures: Space photos of probe's comet landing
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The European Space Agency has made history by landing a probe on the surface of a comet, 500 million km away from Earth. Here is the Philae probe seen in space, on its way to the comet.
This image was taken by the "mothership" Rosetta. It shows the Philae probe as a tiny speck, headed for its historical landing.
This photo shows part of the Rosetta spacecraft with the comet in the distance.
Philae's ROLIS camera sent this image of the comet during the descent on to the surface.
Here the lander takes several pictures of the rocks around it.
This photo taken by the probe shows the craggy surface of the comet - looking over one of Philae's feet
This one shows the surface of the comet when the lander was just 40 metres from its bumpy touchdown.