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Monica Grady: Driver hugged me when I heard the news Philae

June 14, 2015 Last updated at 18:06 BST clock

The European Space Agency (ESA) said that his landing module comet, Philae, woke up and contact with the earth.

Philae, the first spacecraft to land on a comet, was dropped on the surface of the comet 67P by his mother, Rosetta, in November last year.

Professor Monica Grady, an incorporated by a team from the Open University in the project, described the news as "absolutely fantastic" and said the BBC what it meant for space science.

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