Millions of kilometres away, in the darkness of space, a tiny robot named was ready for its last, biggest leap. It wasn’t going to land on a faraway planet, but the Comet 67P was about to land on an icy, dirty ‘glacier’ named Churyumov-Gerasimenko, which has been strolling in the solar system for millions of years.

Philay was not the only one. He was asleep in the “womb” of a huge and powerful spacecraft, Rosetta. Rosetta flew from Earth in 2004, and for ten years, the two travelled together, passed through the wires, and aided gravity near Mars and Asteroids. The goal of Philay was clear: getting down to this ancient comet to find out if the comet brought water and life construction segments to Earth.

On 12 November 2014, that historic moment came. Rosetta released Philay. Philay started his journey solo. It wasn’t an aeroplane; it didn’t have engines. It just fell to the comet for seven hours under the stretch of gravity. While getting down, Philay saw the bumpy, pit surface for the first time,

As soon as Philay touched the surface, he had to fix himself in the comet with Harpoon’s help, because the comet’s gravity was so low that he could flip. But destiny did not support. Harpoon couldn’t be fired! Due to weak gravity, Philay touched the surface and then bounced back into space. She landed again and then bounced and settled in a twisted, shady spot for the third time.

Philay reached his destination, but he got trapped in the shadow of a hill. The solar panels charging her battery weren’t getting enough sun. It was a time-limited race. Scientists immediately engaged in activating the spread. For the next 60 hours, Philay worked tirelessly. She drilled into the ground, analysed samples and sent her life’s most important scientific data back to Earth just before her battery was completely gone.