--- description: Scientists in Germany are giving an update on Rosetta's Philae lander, which touched down on the surface of a comet on Wednesday. title: Live: Scientists Give Update on Philae Comet Landing image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Science](/section/science/) ## Science Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Space](/tag/space/) ## Space Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Live: Scientists Give Update on Philae Comet Landing by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 13, 2014 12:53 PM CUT by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 13, 2014 12:53 PM CUT Scientists in Germany are giving an update on Rosetta’s Philae lander, which touched down on the surface of a comet on Wednesday. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3583253/live-scientists-give-update-on-philae-comet-landing/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3583253/live-scientists-give-update-on-philae-comet-landing/"},"headline":"Live: Scientists Give Update on Philae Comet Landing","datePublished":"2014-11-13T12:53:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:24:52.243Z","description":"Scientists in Germany are giving an update on Rosetta's Philae lander, which touched down on the surface of a comet on Wednesday.","url":"https://time.com/3583253/live-scientists-give-update-on-philae-comet-landing/","keywords":["Space"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/space/","name":"Space"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3583253/live-scientists-give-update-on-philae-comet-landing/","name":"Live: Scientists Give Update on Philae Comet Landing"}}]}] ```