Scientists made one last attempt to contact the Philae module – The Nation Costa Rica

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Scientists at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) will make Sunday an last attempt to contact the Philae module which has not received signals from the July 9 last year.

“Time is short and we want to exhaust all possibilities “, the project manager, Stephan Ulamec said.

The comet Churyumov-Geramisenko, on which is perched Philae, departs daily over sun, according to a DLR, conditions later this month will be so negative that the mission will find its natural end.

By the time the place comet temperature below 51 degrees below zero the module will no longer have a chance to work.

On January 10 scientists and engineers from DLR sent an order for the purpose of Philae to make a move that allows assume a more favorable position with respect to the sun and shake off the dust covering their solar panels

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The worst that can happen, scientists say, is that the spacecraft can not receive the order.

There is no clarity about the state of Philae is because the probe does not send signals.

The latest data available are summer from last year. DLT’s team believes that one of the two receivers and one of the two emitters of Philae are damaged.