William Shatner congratulates ESA's Rosetta mission for successful comet landing

TOUCHDOWN for @Philae2014! #CometLanding pic.twitter.com/ZMBeB8ng3h

— ESA Rosetta Mission (@ESA_Rosetta) November 12, 2014

Today, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft was successfully landed on a comet over 300 million miles away.

News of the successful landing was confirmed to William Shatner:

#cometlanding Hooray!!!!

— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) November 12, 2014

.@WilliamShatner touchdown confirmed for away team @philae2014, captain!

— ESA Rosetta Mission (@ESA_Rosetta) November 12, 2014

“@ESA_Rosetta: .@WilliamShatner touchdown confirmed for away team @philae2014, captain!” Congratulations!

— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) November 12, 2014

Well done!

Here’s a related comparison:

Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko scale comparison for geeks. @ESA_Rosetta #CometLanding pic.twitter.com/amTDLqu4wB

— Tomaž (@Nosferatu) November 12, 2014

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