This Is The First Image Sent Back To Earth By Rosetta's Lander Philae

Nirmal Singh

We're less than two hours away from one of the most exciting moments in space exploration in years: Rosetta's lander, Philae, will touch down on the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. It's still making its way down to the comet, but the little lander that could just sent back its first image-and it's amazing, if a little blurry.

Rosetta and Philae, which each have adorably anthropomorphized Twitter accounts, discussed the following "postcard," showing the view looking back at Rosetta after Philae had separated from its momma-craft:

.@philae2014's first postcard just after separation - it's of me! #CometLanding Credit: ESA/Rosetta/Philae/CIVA pic.twitter.com/OXJwGunL3V

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

Philae reported that there are plenty more to come:

.@ESA_Rosetta I will send you hundreds of postcards from #67P :) #CometLanding
- Philae Lander (@Philae2014) November 12, 2014

You can clearly see Rosetta's solar array, despite the reflections of the sun and the blur. Follow along with us here as we watch space history being made this morning.