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[i]The team responsible for the MUPUS (Multi-Purpose Sensors for Surface and Sub-Surface Science) instrument, which hammered a probe into the comet, estimates that Comet 67P is hard as ice: "Although the power of the hammer was gradually increased, we were not able to go deep into the surface," explains Tilman Spohn from the DLR Institute of Planetary Research, who is leading the research team. ...COSAC was able to 'sniff' the atmosphere and detect the first organic molecules after landing. Analysis of the spectra and the identification of the molecules are continuing.[/i]
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