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ESA footage recreates the historic landing

InSight should reach Mars and land on its surface in 2016

The lander even managed to communicate with ground control

The lander, dubbed InSight, is expected to reach the surface of the Red Planet sometime in September 2016

Philae made it on the surface of its target comet on November 12, 2014, ran out of battery shortly after landing

The Beagle 2 lander reached the surface of the Red Planet on December 25, 2003, was never seen or heard from since

The Beagle 2 lander reached the Red Planet on December 25, 2003, researchers lost contact with it the very same day

The images were obtained with the help of the Rosetta spacecraft, the European Space Agency released them just yesterday

The European Space Agency’s Philae spacecraft landed on a comet this past November 12, sent the world into a frenzy

The good news is that, just before falling asleep, Philae managed to transmit all the data it gathered while operational

The Philae lander made it on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko this past November 12, is now operational

Just hours ago, the European Space Agency's spacecraft snapped a photo of the comet and sent it to Earth

Philae reached the comet earlier today, the signal confirming the touchdown made it to Earth at 16:03 GMT (17:03 CET)

The lander left the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft just minutes ago, is now heading for its target comet

The spacecraft started orbiting Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenk several weeks ago, will soon deploy a lander

The Rosetta spacecraft caught up with its target comet this August 6, ESA says

The Rosetta spacecraft is scheduled to meet its target comet this coming Wednesday