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This undated image provided by the European Space Agency ESA shows an artist's impression of the Philae lander. Scientists at the European Space Agency are expecting their comet-chasing probe Rosetta to wake from almost three years of hibernation at 11 a.m. Monday Jan. 20, 2014 (1000 GMT; 5 a.m. EST) and phone home to say all is well. (AP Photo/ESA ATG medialab , Astrium E, Viktor, File) FILE

Scientists ‘confident’ comet lander will wake up

By Frank Jordans - Associated Press

This image from Rosetta&#8217;s OSIRIS narrow-angle camera, released by the European Space Agency ESA on Thursday Nov. 13, 2014 shows the Philae lander a Wednesday Nov. 12, 2014 The image shows details of the lander, including the deployment of the three legs and of the antennas. The lander scored a historic first Wednesday, touching down on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko after a decade-long, 6.4 billion-kilometer (4 billion-mile) journey through space aboard its mother ship, Rosetta. The comet is streaking through space at 41,000 mph (66,000 kph) some 311 million miles (500 million kilometers) from Earth. (AP Photo/ESA/Rosetta/Philae)

Comet lander starts drilling; batteries a worry

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press