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Europe makes space history as Philae probe lands on comet

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The European Space Agency (ESA) landed a probe on a comet on Wednesday, a first in space exploration and the climax of a decade-long mission to get samples from what are the remnants of the birth of Earth's solar system. Pavithra George reports.

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