Confirmation that Rosetta has landed successfully reached us at 16:08 GMT. Landing on a comet that is travelling at 34,000 mph is a major achievement in mankind's history.
Celebrations were heard from the European Space Agency (ESA) control room when the probe’s detachment from the Rosetta orbiter was confirmed shortly after 9am. The agency tweeted: “SEPARATION CONFIRMED #SEP ESA confirms @Philae2014 Lander has separated from @ESA_Rosetta. Lander now enroute to #CometLanding”. The first signal from the detached lander came two hours later, but…
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