The European Space Agency's Comet Interceptor lies in wait.

Nat Commun

Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, Holmbury St. Mary, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6NT, UK.

Published: November 2019

The European Space Agency (ESA) recently selected 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.

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