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once upon a time a spacecraft called
Rosetta and her brother F set off on an
adventure a long long journey to visit a
comet called
67p chumo
jimeno their Journey was inspired by
stories they had heard from Grandfather
jotto long long ago men and women on
earth gazed in Wonder at comets that
appeared in the sky what were these
mysterious objects some thought they
might be caused by Earth breathing into
the sky but no one knew for sure until a
Danish astronomer named Tio bra
discovered that comets are very far away
much much further from Earth than the
moon how could we learn more about these
dist
objects by trying to get close to
them I was one of the lucky spacecraft
to fly very close to the most famous
Comet of all hi's Comet hi's comet is
very special it is named after Edmund Hy
who discovered that many comets come
back regularly to our Sky he predicted
that one of those comets would return
after after 76 years and it did time and
time again hi's comet has come back
right on schedule every time the last
time in
1986 I was there together with a bunch
of friends from lots of other countries
we set off to welcome this legendary
comment I was the bravest of all and
flew less than 6 100 km from the comet's
nucleus it was a harsh place but the
sight was amazing and I sent pictures
back
home many more spacecraft have gone
looking for comets after us like your
cousin Stardust who flew by Comet 81p V
collected dust particles from the shiny
tail and sent them back home to be
studied
or one of your other cousins Deep Impact
who made a crater in Comet 9p Temple to
see what's under the
surface Stardust flew by this Comet a
few years later to look at this famous
crator we have learned a lot about
comets but much more is still to be
discovered comets hold many secrets
about the early days of our solar system
how did planets form
how did water arrive on
Earth and you Rosetta and F are going to
find out by doing what no space probe
has ever attempted orbit a comet and
land on it now it's time to write your
story with a historic Mission ahead of
them Rosetta and Fel traveled for 10
years
they've been dreaming of comets and the
adventure that lay ahead and they're
about to reach their
destination but that's another
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