As the name implies, this medium-class, or 'New Frontiers' mission would visit a comet and bring samples back from its surface. Comets are thought to be time capsules, carrying material that dates back to the formation of the solar system some 4.5 billion years ago.
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4. Comet Surface Sample Return mission
