--- title: Philae: Celebrate Comet Landing With These 3 Mesmerizing Music Videos description: To celebrate the successful touchdown of Philae lander on Comet 67P, ESA released three music videos inspired by the decade-long mission canonical: https://time.com/3581296/rosetta-philae-comet-landing/ author: Mia Tramz article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-12T17:35:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:07:05.237Z article:section: Science og:title: Celebrate Philae's Comet Landing With These 3 Mesmerizing Music Videos og:description: The videos were scored by Greek composer Vangelis og:url: https://time.com/3581296/rosetta-philae-comet-landing/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab6561e47c1682f4/69876859524fc00e4adeaade/rosetta-comet-landing-005.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: rosetta-comet-landing-005 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Celebrate Philae's Comet Landing With These 3 Mesmerizing Music Videos twitter:description: The videos were scored by Greek composer Vangelis twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab6561e47c1682f4/69876859524fc00e4adeaade/rosetta-comet-landing-005.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Celebrate Philae's Comet Landing With These 3 Mesmerizing Music Videos ## Video: Arrival by Vangelis [Watch (HLS stream): Arrival by Vangelis](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/6dr9RI7V.m3u8) (2:37)  _Published 2014-11-12. Arrival by Vangelis_  by [Mia Tramz](https://time.com/author/mia-tramz/)  ## Mia Tramz Nov 12, 2014 5:35 PM UTC  Comet 67P on Sept. 26, 2014. Comet 67P on Sept. 26, 2014.ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM  by [Mia Tramz](https://time.com/author/mia-tramz/)  ## Mia Tramz Nov 12, 2014 5:35 PM UTC To celebrate the [successful touchdown](http://time.com/3581026/philae-europe-rosetta-comet/) Wednesday of its Philae lander on Comet 67P, the European Space Agency released these three music videos inspired by the decade-long mission and scored by Greek composer Vangelis. The videos show an entrancing artist’s rendition of Comet 67P “dancing” in space, as well as an animation of Philae’s journey to the comet on the Rosetta spacecraft. Philae will [remain on the comet’s surface](http://www.esa.int/Our%5FActivities/Space%5FScience/Rosetta/Comet%5Frendezvous) as it approaches the sun and will relay data back to Rosetta as it continues to orbit 67P. The mission is expected to end in December 2015. **“Philae’s Journey”** **“Arrival”** ### See the Rosetta Spacecraft's Best Photos of Comet 67P  This image shows comet 67P/CG and was acquired by the ROLIS instrument on the Philae lander during descent on Nov. 12, 2014, 14:38:41 UT from a distance of approximately 3 km from the surface. ESA/Rosetta/Philae/ROLIS/DLR/H  A 'selfie' composite image from a camera on the Rosetta mission’s Philae comet lander shows Comet 67P. ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM  Comet 67P on Oct. 28, 2014. ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM  Comet 67P in a photo released on Aug. 6, 2014. ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM  Comet 67P on Sept. 26, 2014. ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM  Comet 67P on Oct. 18, 2014 ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM  Comet 67P on Nov. 4, 2014. ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM  Comet 67P on Aug. 3, 2014. 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