Almost 11 years ago a project was started by the European Space Agency to land a manmade object onto a comet. After a mammoth journey the Philae lander touched down on the comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The Evening Edition spoke to the lead scientist of the project about the journey, and the future.

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