The Last Ditch Attempt to Prolong Philae's Life on a Comet

With Philae's battery dying, the Rosetta mission's ground controllers have decided to make one last go at it. The probe had ended up in the shadow of a cliff after a botched touchdown , unable to gather enough energy with its solar panels. Ground control is going to try rotating Philae so one of its larger panels catches the light.

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