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CHEERS RING OUT IN MISSION
CONTROL AS EUROPEAN SPACECRAFT
SIGNALS FROM 500 MILLION MILES
AWAY THAT IT'S AWAKE.
THE REASON FOR THE DEEP SLEEP,
JUST LIKE HUMANS, THE SPACECRAFT
NEEDED TO RECHARGE ITS
BATTERIES.
>> NOW IT'S UP TO US TO DRIVE IT
TO THE COMET.
>> FOR NEARLY TEN YEARS, IT HAS
BEEN CHASING A COMET THROUGH
SPACE AND CATCHING INCREDIBLE
IMAGES ALONG THE WAY, LIKE THIS
ONE OF THE SURFACE OF MARS AND
THIS SHOWING THE MOON RISING
OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
>> WAKE UP.
>> SCIENTISTS BEAMED AWAKE UP
CALL TO IT EARLY MONDAY THEN
WAITED AND WAITED FOR WORD THAT
IT WAS AGAIN UP AND RUNNING.
FINALLY, A TWEET FROM SPACE,
SIMPLY, HELLO WORLD.
>> I THINK IT'S BEEN THE LONGEST
HOUR OF MY LIFE.
>> THE STAGE IS NOW SET FOR WHAT
PROMISES TO BE A HISTORIC SPACE
FLIGHT EVENT.
>> WITHOUT THE WAKEUP, WE
WOULDN'T HAVE A MISSION AT ALL.
>> IT WILL NOW SCOUT THE COMET
FOR THE PERFECT PLACE TO LAND
BEFORE SENDING A PROBE TO
TOUCHDOWN ON THE COMET'S SURFACE
IN NOVEMBER.
IT WILL ANALYZE SAMPLES AS IT
TRAVELS WITH THE COMET ON IT
TRIP AROUND THE SUN.