Space.com #Goodbye Philae: Comet Lander Comm Link Switched Off 27 July 2016 fborgosano Leave a comment Share: The first-ever spacecraft to land on a comet has been cut off from the Earth forever. Today (July 27), the European Space Agency (ESA) shut down communications between its Rosetta probe and the Philae lander on Comet 67P/ Churyumov-Gerasimenko. from Space.com ift.tt/2ah3LxG Share: