Friday, April 13, 2012

New NASA Comet Quest App: Explore a Virtual Comet

JPL/NASA News


April 13, 2012

This is a feature from the NASA/JPL Education Office.
Explore a Virtual Comet with New Comet Quest App from NASA's Space Place
NASA's Space Place, an online portal for games, activities and learning for elementary-school audiences, has released a new free mobile game for iPhone and iPad devices that's all about comets. The Comet Quest mobile application puts players at the controls of a virtual spacecraft modeled after the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission, which, using several instruments built and managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, is currently investigating comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Players dodge flying debris and collect data, all while investigating a mysterious comet surface covered with gas jets, craters, cracks and other phenomena. The game, available for download in the Apple App Store, also features factoids about comets and the Rosetta mission.

For more information on the game and to learn more about comets and Rosetta, visit the Comet Quest page on NASA's Space Place website: http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/comet-quest/

Visit http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/apps/ for a list of more mobile apps from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

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