Rosetta's Comet Touchdown

Rosetta's Comet Touchdown

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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 with suggestions for how to this kit can be used. The project is based on an original…

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    Rosetta's Comet Touchdown

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    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 with suggestions for how to this kit can be used. The project is based on an original…

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    LEGO® in space mission operations

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    In this short film, planetary scientist Detlef Koschny from the European Space Agency shows how simple LEGO® models helped him and his colleagues in planning the operation of the Rosetta spacecraft and other missions. The film is now part of the pilot educational kit 'Rosetta's Comet Touchdown'. See http://www.vimeo.com/channels/rosettascomettouchdown for all details, links to Press Releases and other films in the kit. Produced by Lightcurvefilms…

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    the first LEGO® MINDSTORMS® model of the Rosetta lander

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    LEGO® MINDSTORMS® can be used to demonstrate real existing space missions. Detlef and Julius Koschny built this LEGO® MINDSTORMS® model of the Rosetta lander Philae, in one week time, using one LEGO® MINDSTORMS® box. The film is now part of the pilot educational kit 'Rosetta's Comet Touchdown'. See http://www.vimeo.com/channels/rosettascomettouchdown for all details, links to Press Releases and other films in the kit. Produced by Lightcurve Films…

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    Making the LEGO® MINDSTORM® Rosetta Lander

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    On 27 April 2010, I met Martijn Boogaarts for the first time. He had been indicated to me by Steven Canvin from the LEGO® MINDSTORMS® team. I was working on an educational project around the European Space Agency (ESA) Rosetta Lander, involving making a LEGO® MINDSTORMS® model of the lander that would resemble the real lander as close as possible and that could simulate some functionalities. I wanted to use it for an educational film. Detlef Koschny…

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    Rosettas Kometenlandung

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    (mit Deutsche Untertiteln) 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 with suggestions for how to this kit can be used. The…

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    The kit first tested!

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    On 21 September 2010, the Rosetta's Comet Touchdown pilot educational kit was first presented and tested at the Engineering Faculty of the University of Rome, Italy. Twelve students of aerospace engineering from that Faculty and three students of design from the European Institute of Design, were presented with the kit, watched the films (viewable on this Channel) and witnessed an explanation of the demonstration model of the LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Rosetta…

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    Rosetta: Have Fun (from Hungary)

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    The Rosetta's Comet Touchdown kit was tested by a group of 15 years of students at the Széchenyi István Gimnázium in Sopron, Hungary, during the first few months of 2011. They produced these stunning results! Read more on http://www.europlanet-eu.org/outreach/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=330&Itemid=84 See www.vimeo.com/channels/rosettascomettouchdown for all films and information.

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    LEGO Rosetta project presented in Sopron

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    On April 12, 2011, class 9A at the Széchenyi István Gimnázium, Sopron, Hungary, presented their work of the testing of the LEGO Rosetta's Comet Touchdown project. Here is an impression of that day! Read more on http://www.europlanet-eu.org/outreach/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=330&Itemid=84 . Also see the www.vimeo.com/channels/rosettascomettouchdown channel for more videos related to this project

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Rosetta's Comet Touchdown

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ROSETTA'S COMET TOUCHDOWN is a pilot educational project about space exploration. Using LEGO® MINDSTORMS®, the pilot kit comprises a model of the ESA Rosetta lander, Philae, a film explaining the scientific and technical aspects of the mission and a set of Interdisciplinary Activities Sheets with suggestions for how to use the materials. The kit is aimed for ages 15+. You can download the pdf of the Interdisciplinary Activity

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ROSETTA'S COMET TOUCHDOWN is a pilot educational project about space exploration. Using LEGO® MINDSTORMS®, the pilot kit comprises a model of the ESA Rosetta lander, Philae, a film explaining the scientific and technical aspects of the mission and a set of Interdisciplinary Activities Sheets with suggestions for how to use the materials. The kit is aimed for ages 15+. You can download the pdf of the Interdisciplinary Activity Sheets from lightcurvefilms.com/Rosettas_Comet_Touchdown/Rosettas_Comet_Touchdown_IAS.pdf.
Please refer to contacts in the contact list found on page 2 of the Sheets for how to get the complete set of supporting documents.

Here you will find all video material related to this project. Enjoy!

The kit was first presented and tested at the Engineering Faculty of the Univ. of Rome La Sapienza, on 21 September 2010. See here for the Press Releases from ESA, Europlanet and DLR as well as the contact details for inquireies (in the DLR Press Release):
esa.int/esaCP/SEMN40NO7EG_index_0.html , europlanet-eu.org/outreach/ and dlr.de/en/DesktopDefault.aspx/tabid-1/86_read-26696/ .

The project is based on an original idea from Steven Canvin (LEGO® MINDSTORMS® team), Maarten Roos (Lightcurve Films) and Detlef Koschny (ESA).

The films are produced by Lightcurve Films.

The project is supported by the European Space Agency (ESA), the German Aerospace Center (DLR), the European Planetology Network and the LEGO Group, LEGO® MINDSTORMS® team.

LEGO, the LEGO logo, the MINDSTORMS logo, the Brick and Knob configurations and the Minifigure are trademarks of the LEGO Group. © 2010 The LEGO Group.

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