A Decade of The First Photograph of a Human-Made Object on a Six-Billion-Year-Old Comet

The beauty of photography is that we get to relive the 'firsts' and important images of an event that will alter and change our history over and over. The photographs captured by Philae, the lander of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosetta mission, is an example of that.

A decade ago, on November 12, the ESA achieved the impossible; Philae became the first ever human-made object to safely and successfully land on a comet. Since November is already here, this marks the 10th anniversary of our victory as a species, and here's a look back at the significant event and the images that helped us shine brighter since then. .

2025-6-2 13:00