Astronaut modeled Phil module landing on comet

Astronaut modeled Phil module landing on comet

Before the European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, the International Space Station (ISS) landed safely on Earth on Sunday, he had time to conduct a microgravity demonstration of a historic landing on comet 67P / Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

Using the inactive microsatellite sphere (which is currently being tested on the ISS) as a comet, Gerst uses an velcro to simulate a landing. This is the only place, with the exception of computer simulation and parabolic flights, where you can really recreate a large-scale landing model.

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