The Philae comet lander has been travelling on board the European Rosetta spacecraft since 2 March 2004. The lander is scheduled to touch down on the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in November 2014. The operation of the lander and its 10 experiments will be conducted from the Microgravity User Support Center (MUSC) of the German Aerospace Center (DLR).