How LEGO bricks helped simulate a historic landing on a comet
In short: To prepare for the Rosetta mission's encounter with comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko, engineers used LEGO to model a complex touchdown. This video shows how the European Space Agency simulated the landing of the Philae lander.
The Rosetta mission, designed to investigate the composition of ancient solar system leftovers, aimed to rendezvous with comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko in 2014. The simulation demonstrates the mechanics involved in the November 2014 touchdown of the Philae lander, a mission intended to help scientists understand these primeval objects and the potential origins of life on Earth.
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