The European Space Agency's Comet Interceptor lies in wait.
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 31780664.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1038/s41467-019-13470-1 and PMC identifier 6882810.
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Abstract
The European Space Agency (ESA) recently selected <i>Comet Interceptor</i> as its first ‘fast’ (F-class) mission. It will be developed rapidly to share a launch with another mission and is unique, as it will wait in space for a yet-to-be-discovered comet.