Rosetta's Comet Touchdown is part of the pilot educational kit: Hands-on Comet. The kit is composed of (1) a LEGO® MINDSTORMS® demonstration model of the Rosetta lander Philae, (2) this film providing with background information about the scientific and technological aspects of the mission, using the LEGO® MINDSTORMS® model, and (3) interdisciplinary activities sheets (IAS) with suggestions for how to this kit can be used and that can be downloaded from this link http://www.lightcurvefilms.com/Rosettas_Comet_Touchdown/Rosettas_Comet_Touchdown_IAS.pdf

The project is based on an original idea by Steven Canvin (LEGO® MINDSTORMS® team), Maarten Roos (Lightcurve Films) and Detlef Koschny (ESA), and is supported by the European Space Agency, the DLR German Aerospace Center, the European Planetology Network and the LEGO Group, LEGO® MINDSTORMS® team.

See vimeo.com/channels/rosettascomettouchdown for all details, links to Press Releases and other films in the kit.

Produced by Lightcurve Films (2010).

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