Tough landing site for Philae robot
Europe's Rosetta mission, which aims to land on a comet later this year, has identified what it thinks is the safest place to touch down.
Scientists and engineers have spent weeks studying the 4km-wide "ice mountain" known as 67P, looking for a location they can place a small robot.
They have chosen what they hope is a relatively smooth region on the smaller of the comet's two lobes.
The project manager on the Philae landing robot explained how the decision was made to our correspondent Jonathan Amos.
15 Sep 2014
- From the section Science & Environment