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Ride down a hill. 20 people on board suffered minor injuries. park officials are looking into what may have caused the incident. after hibernating for seven months, a spacecraft that landed on a speeding comet has awakened and phoned home. the lander called philae resumed communications with earth for more than a minute sending about 300 packages of data. it had lost contact last fall when its batteries died. the european space agency said the lander appeared to be still in pretty good shape. ...

>> the european space agency is landing a tiny spacecraft on a comet 300 million miles from earth. the comet is moving at a pretty good clip. here now abcs josh haskell. >> everything is exciting about rosetta. >> reporter: a comet is moving through space. on its tail, the rosetta probe belonging to the european space agency. its been on a ten-year mission to make contact with a comet in just hours. >> i remember reading about it when it launched, and the arrival date was so far in the future. n...

The comet. then another hour for those results to come back to earth. around 11:00 a.m. we should know if the probe hit its target. >> so it wont go quack. >> oh, reena. i know. you couldnt help yourself. josh haskell, thank you so much. coming up -- clothing controversy. the new calvin klein ad thats causing quite a stir. one of their models being designated as plus size raising questions about what that term actually means. the 911 operator telling a robbery victim to stop chasing the susp...

>> exactly. and how are the cops supposed to get you out? put a helicopter up? >> do they send a drone? >> what do they do? thats a good question. coming up "the mix." pizza. the worlds biggest pie and what the toppings say about you. >> cant wait for that. landing a spacecraft on top of a speeding comet. no, this is not a scene from "star trek." its a risky mission happening right now. youre watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by colonial penn li...

>> the european space agency is landing a tiny spacecraft on a comet 300 million miles from earth. the comet is moving at a pretty good clip. here now abcs josh haskell. >> everything is exciting about rosetta. >> reporter: a comet is moving through space. on its tail, the rosetta probe belonging to the european space agency. its been on a ten-year mission to make contact with a comet in just hours. >> i remember reading about it when it launched, and the arrival date was so far in the future. n...

Material flowing away with gravity that changes all over the place. its impossible to estimate the chances, but its risky. its certainly not guaranteed but everybody for years has planned extraordinarily well to get the technology right. >> reporter: this morning the rosetta probe will launch a mini lander towards the comet. the trick will be for the lander to find a smooth area without rocks or a slope. once contact is made, two harpoons will be fired into the comet, along with screws to secure...

Its certainly not guaranteed but everybody for years has planned extraordinarily well to get the technology right. >> reporter: this morning the rosetta probe will launch a mini lander towards the comet. the trick will be for the lander to find a smooth area without rocks or a slope. once contact is made, two harpoons will be fired into the comet, along with screws to secure the lander. even actor william shatner who played james kirk is following the mission. >> good luck, rosetta. i am so exci...

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