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Hide captionThe Philae lander took this photo of its descent onto comet 67P Wednesday, when it was about 3 kilometers from the surface. The landing site is seen with a resolution of about 3 meters per pixel.ESA/Rosetta/Philae/ROLIS -
Hide captionThe Philae lander is seen from the view of its parent spacecraft as it heads toward a first-of-its-kind rendezvous with a comet.ESA
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Hide captionThe first image the ESA released from the Philae lander shows the craft breaking away from the Rosetta orbiter and heading toward 67P.ESA
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Hide captionA photo illustration from the European Space Agency shows what a landing by the Philae robotic craft might look like on the 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko comet. The lander headed toward the comet Wednesday.ESA
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Hide captionA photo illustration provided by the European Space Agency (ESA) shows the 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko comet in a scale comparison to the city of Paris. ESA landed the Philae lander, launched from the Rosetta probe, on the comet Wednesday.ESA
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Hide captionAn image of the surface of comet 67P shows the difficulty of landing a spacecraft on it.ESA
The gilded Dome of the Rock is part of the most important Muslim holy site in Jerusalem, while the Western Wall, in the midground on the right, is the holiest place for Jewish prayer. The photo was taken following a rare snowstorm in Jerusalem in December 2013. Dusan Vranic/AP hide caption


