Stardust Mission: #4-2 Stardust's Rendezvous with Comet Wild 2 - Navigation Simulation
Students navigate a remote controlled car across a grid that represents space and the parts of a comet. Students must seek out the comet, and more specifically it's coma. They deploy a collection device and capture cometary particles, and later stow these particles within the spacecraft.

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