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Philae falls silent: European comet lander goes to sleep as its power runs out [i]"I'm feeling a bit tired, did you get all my data? I might take a nap..." And with that, the European Space Agency's (ESA) Philae lander, the first probe to land on a comet, went to sleep. The status update, posted on Twitter by its mission team on Friday evening (Nov. 14), signaled the likely end for the probe. With its batteries depleted and not enough sunlight reaching its solar panels to recharge, the Philae lander fell into an "idle mode," with all of its science instruments and most of its systems shut down. "[It] performed magnificently under tough conditions, and we can be fully proud of the incredible scientific success Philae has delivered," said Stephan Ulamec, the lander's manager, from the European Space Operations Center in Darmstadt, Germany.[/i]
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