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Scientific Use of the Sampler, Drill and Distribution Subsystem (SD2)

Di Lizia, P.; Bernelli-Zazzera, F.; Ercoli Finzi, A. +2 more

Rosetta is the third cornerstone mission of the European Space Agency scientific program "Horizon 2000". Rosetta will be the first spacecraft to orbit around a comet nucleus. It was launched in March 2004 and will reach the comet 67P/ChurymovGerasimenko in 2014. A lander (Philae) will be released and land on the comet surface for in-situ investiga…