The Philae Mission

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Air Writing Prompt C

Vonderhaar, Max

There is a lot of aspects of our solar system that we don’t know about. Aspects such as what comets do day to day and what our solar system is completely made up of. The Philae mission helped us out on some of those aspects and was important for scientific research because of how they learned more information about comets and how our solar system works. Learning more information about comets is one of the main aspects in this story. For example, Cameron Keady, the author of this story, said, “ On November 12, a small probe helped scientists take a big step forward in space exploration. The probe, called the Philae lander, is the first spacecraft to set down on a comet. It will take photos and dig up samples

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