Hi all, I got home just after 7 and spent an hour glued to the Discovery channel watching about how the Rosettta mission successfully landed a probe on a comet today! amazing stuff! The probe (called Philae) was launched 10 years ago by the European Space Agency (ESA)- before some of you were born- and recently joined the comet's orbit. Then today it actually landed on the comet and began sending data back to earth- so exciting :) It shows us how perseverance and teamwork (by scientists and engineers) led to success.
Ask your parents if you can find out more about the mission- I've added some links below,
Mrs. Mace.
European Space Agency
Infographic
Discovery
Wow it was launched 10 years ago and it just came back now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
ReplyDeleteWow that's so cool!
ReplyDeleteYes- it launched 10 years ago and it's now out in deep space catching a ride on the comet!
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