After a ten-year journey through deep space, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft become the first spacecraft to rendezvous with a comet. These activities are designed to help children from ages 4 - 11 learn more about our Solar System and beyond, generate enthusiasm for science and perhaps give them a taste of the excitement a career in the Space Industry. The investigative activities and images have clear links with the Rosetta mission and provide a sequence that helps children to explore the secrets of the universe in practical ways, involving the use of key skills.
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Rosetta and Comets
This animation features Paxi, the European Space Agency mascot, following Comet 67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko, the comet that was followed by the Rosetta spacecraft in 2014/15. Paxi explains how comets orbit the Sun and what happens as they approach it. Paxi shows how Rosetta can take pictures of the comet and...