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  Deep Space 1
Deep Space 1 Flies by Comet Borrelly (Sep 22, 2001)
Deep Space 1 launched from Cape Canaveral on October 24, 1998.
The spacecraft was retired on December 18, 2001.
nmp.jpl.nasa.gov /ds1   (107 words)

  
  Deep Space 1 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Deep Space 1 succeeded in its tasks and also achieved its secondary goals: flybys of the asteroid Braille and of Comet Borrelly, returning valuable science data and stunning pictures.
Deep Space 1 was retired on December 18, 2001.
Deep Space 1 was intended to perform the flyby at 56,000 km/h at only 240 meters from the asteroid.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Deep_Space_1   (1346 words)

  
 Deep Space 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
DS1 flew by the near-Earth asteroid 9969 Braille at 04:46 UT (12:46 a.m.
The diameter of Braille is estimated at 2.2 km at its longest and 1 km at its shortest.
Deep Space 1 has a total mission cost of $152.3 million comprised of $94.8 million for development, $43.5 million for launch, $10.3 million for operations, and $3.7 million for science.
www.solarviews.com /eng/deepspace1.htm   (1003 words)

  
 Deep Space 1
Deep Space 1 was successfully launched from pad 17-A at the Cape Canaveral Air Station at 12:08 UT (8:08 a.m.
DS1 was originally scheduled to fly by the asteroid 3352 McAuliffe in 1999 and comet P/West-Kohoutek-Ikemura and the planet Mars in the year 2000 but because of a launch delay these targets were no longer possible.
DS1 was to fly by the near-Earth asteroid 1992 KD on 28 July 1999 at a distance of 5 to 10 km.
www.astronautix.com /craft/deepace1.htm   (2100 words)

  
 Deep Space-1
Deep Space 1 began taking its fl-and-white images of the comet 32 minutes before the spacecraft's closest pass to the comet, and the best picture of comet Borrelly was taken just a few minutes before closest approach, as the team had planned.
Deep Space 1 is designed to test and validate the use of such propulsion in deep space for the first time, so the ongoing diagnosis of Tuesday's behavior is in keeping with the mission's goals.
Deep Space 1 may then be on a trajectory resulting in the flyby in January 2001 of the dormant comet Wilson-Harrington that is in the process of changing from a comet to an asteroid.
www.xs4all.nl /~carlkop/ds1.html   (12558 words)

  
 The Continuing Adventures of Deep Space 1
Rayman continued: "When we were firing the ion engine during tests in 1998 and 1999 we always steered to keep our options open for an encounter." Their favorite target was 19P/Borrelly, an intriguing comet that had veered toward the Sun during the 19th century when it passed too close to Jupiter.
By visiting Borrelly, Deep Space 1 could examine a second comet at close range, perhaps as near as 2000 km, and provide valuable intelligence to comet mission planners.
NASA's Deep Space 1 probe is now underway for an encounter with comet Borrelly after a thrilling rescue of the spacecraft by JPL engineers.
science.nasa.gov /headlines/y2001/ast19sep_1.htm   (1900 words)

  
 Deep Space 1 Lifts Off
The mission is the first deep space launch by NASA to have technology, rather than science, as its key focus.
Deep Space 1 will be the first spacecraft to use an ion thruster to provide solar electric propulsion for its primary source of thrust.
Deep Space 1, is also the first mission in NASA's New Millennium Program, to test and validate new technologies to be used on 21st century spacecraft.
www.spacedaily.com /news/deep1-98b.html   (686 words)

  
 Deep Space 1
DS 1, the first mission in NASA's New Millennium program, is powered by an ion engine known as NSTAR, a type of xenon-ion propulsion system.
Similar systems have been used for station-keeping by some satellites for a number of years, but the DS 1 ion drive is larger, more efficient, and has worked longer than any previously flown.
It proved a valuable fix: on Sep. 22, 2001, DS 1 flew past Borrelly's nucleus at a distance of only 2,200 km, snapping 30 or so superb fl and white photos and collecting data on gases and dust around the comet.
www.daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/D/DS1.html   (400 words)

  
 2001 News Releases - NASA Spacecraft Captures Best-Ever View of Comet's Core
The already-successful Deep Space 1, without protection from the little-known comet environment, whizzed by just 2,200 kilometers (1,400 miles) from the rocky, icy nucleus of the 10-kilometer-long (more than 6-mile-long) comet.
Deep Space 1 completed its primary mission testing ion propulsion and 11 other advanced, high-risk technologies in September 1999.
Deep Space 1, launched in October 1998 as part of NASA's New Millennium Program, is managed by JPL for NASA's Office of Space Science in Washington.
www.jpl.nasa.gov /releases/2001/release_2001_190.html   (480 words)

  
 Exploring Mars - Deep Space 1
A major step in the plan for a manned landing on Mars was realized on October 24, 1998, when NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory successfully launched Deep Space 1, a technology-validation test vehicle with the primary goal of confirming and refining first-ever, operational ion-propulsion technology.
As of May 1, seven of DS-1's payload of 12 experimental/confirmation technologies had accomplished 100% of their basic testing procedures with the others on schedule and having completed 75% of the experiments.
Deep Space 1 is now more than twice as far from Earth as is the Sun, more than 315 million kilometers (195 million miles) from Earth, so far away that the time to complete two-way radio communication, that is, to send a command and receive an acknowlegement, is more than half an hour.
silkscape.com /mars/ds1.htm   (1053 words)

  
 Kids.net.au - Encyclopedia Deep Space 1 -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The spacecraft Deep Space 1 was launched October 24, 1998 on top of a Delta rocket[?] with a mass of 486.32kg (including fuel).
The primary mission was the test of 12 advanced technologies, including an advanced ion thruster in order to lower the cost and risk of future missions.
Deep Space 1 was retired on December 18, 2001 and cost about $149.7 Million.
www.kidsseek.com /encyclopedia-wiki/de/Deep_Space_1   (148 words)

  
 Deep Space 1
The Deep Space 1 spacecraft was built on an octagonal aluminum frame, 2.5 m high, 2.1 m deep, and 1.7 m wide.
Deep Space 1 was sucessfully launched from pad 17-A at the Cape Canaveral Air Station at 12:08 UT (8:08 a.m.
Telemetry was recieved by the NASA Deep Space Network 1 hour, 37 minutes after launch, a 13 minute delay from the expected time.
www.friends-partners.org /partners/mwade/craft/deepace1.htm   (831 words)

  
 NASA - NASA Glenn Deep Space-1:
NASA Glenn Provided Critical Technologies for Deep Space 1 Mission
Deep Space 1 (DS1), the first of NASA's New Millennium Program missions, tested 12 advanced technologies and instruments in space during a highly successful mission that ended on Tuesday, December 18.
DS1 traveled along a "test track" that took it near asteroid Braille in July 1999 and on a risky, but successful, encounter of the comet Borrelly on September 22, 2001.
Deep Space 1's risky encounter with comet Borrelly went extremely well as the spacecraft passed within about 1,400 miles (2,200 kilometers) of the comet.
www.nasa.gov /centers/glenn/about/history/ds1.html   (1974 words)

  
 Mission puts ‘Star Trek’ tech to the test   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Rather, the primary aim of Deep Space 1 was to test out a dozen new technologies that could be used on future space probes.
The technology tested on Deep Space 1 could come into its own in a new generation of space probes ranging from Mercury to Pluto and beyond, Rayman said.
Deep Space 1 successfully tested all its technologies and flew past the Asteroid Braille in July 1999.
www.msnbc.com /news/106358.asp   (689 words)

  
 AIAA - Aerospace America Online - REFOCUSING DEEP SPACE 1 - Many new technologies were tested during DS1’s initial ...
Deep Space 1 blasted into space in October 1998 atop a Delta II rocket as the first mission of NASA’s New Millennium spacecraft series.
Deep Space 1 demonstrated 12 promising technologies, some of which are now being considered for future NASA science missions to Mars, Pluto, comets, and celestial moons, says program manager Mark Rayman.
DS1 also tested various micro-electronics technologies and a mechanical system that will be necessary to reduce the power consumption on future spacecraft.
www.aiaa.org /aerospace/Article.cfm?issuetocid=26&ArchiveIssueID=6   (3350 words)

  
 Deep Space 1 encapsulated   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
On Launch Pad 17A at Cape Canaveral Air Station, workers check make a final check of the fairing encapsulating Deep Space 1, which is targeted for launch aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket on Oct. 24.
The first flight in NASA's New Millennium Program, Deep Space 1 is designed to validate 12 new technologies for scientific space missions of the next century, including the engine.
Deep Space 1 will complete most of its mission objectives within the first two months, but will also do a flyby of a near-Earth asteroid, 1992 KD, in July 1999.
science.ksc.nasa.gov /gallery/photos/1998/xml/KSC-98PC-1355.xml   (187 words)

  
 Spaceflight Now | Breaking News | Deep Space 1 returns stunning images of comet
The preliminary analysis of images and other data returned by Deep Space 1 (DS1) during its recent flyby of comet Borrelly, released at a press conference Tuesday afternoon, show that the comet has a bowling pin-shaped nucleus with an unusual jet of gas and dust emanating from one region of it.
DS1 showed that flying close to the nucleus of a comet might not be risky as once thought.
DS1 will continue to operate for at least the near future, conducting additional technology demonstrations as part of a "hyperextended" mission, according to Rayman.
spaceflightnow.com /news/n0109/25ds1flyby   (1642 words)

  
 CNN - Deep Space 1 and 2 - January 30, 1998
In January 1999, the Deep Space 1 spacecraft will fly by a near-Earth asteroid named in honor of school teacher Christa McAuliffe, who died in the Challenger shuttle disaster.
In April 2000, Deep Space 1 will pass by Mars for a gravity assist, gathering energy to help speed it on its way to an encounter with comet West-Kohoutek-Ikemura.
Its companion project, Deep Space 2, will insert microprobes into Martian soil in an attempt to do three things: determine if ice is present below the Martian surface, measure the local atmospheric pressure and characterize the thermal properties of the Martian subsurface soil.
www.cnn.com /TECH/space/9801/30/mission.overview/deep   (256 words)

  
 ScienceDaily: Creating A Better Transmission System For Deep-space Applications   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Deep Space Network Hear Last From Faraway NEAR Asteroid Probe (March 1, 2001) -- The last data from the overachieving Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR Shoemaker) mission to asteroid Eros has been received via NASA's Deep Space Network telecommunications system.
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www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2005/10/051025072720.htm   (1282 words)

  
 NASA's Solar System Exploration: Missions: By Target: Asteroids: Past: Deep Space 1
Deep Space 1 flew past asteroid 9969 Braille in July 1999.
During a flyby at a range of only 26 km (16 miles), Deep Space 1's instruments found intriguing similarities between Braille and asteroid Vesta, one of the largest asteroids in our solar system.
The primary mission of Deep Space 1 was to validate 12 new, high-risk technologies in space before they were used on more expensive and elaborate missions.
solarsystem.nasa.gov /missions/profile.cfm?Sort=Planet&Object=Asteroids&Mission=DS1   (119 words)

  
 Deep Space 1 Mission   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The DS1 spacecraft will launch in July 1998, flying by asteroid McAuliffe in January 1999 and then Mars in April 2000 before approaching the comet.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) envisions frequently launched, cost-effective 21st-century space and Earth science missions that will use revolutionary new technologies to enhance the capabilities of spacecraft, onboard instruments, and mission operations systems.
The New Millennium Program is sponsored by NASA's Offices of Space Science and Mission to Planet Earth, and is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of the California Institute of Teehnology.
teacherlink.ed.usu.edu /tlnasa/pictures/litho/deepspace1/deepspace.html   (535 words)

  
 APOD: 2001 September 22 - Full Throttle For Deep Space 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Explanation: At full throttle the Deep Space 1 spacecraft's innovative ion drive produces about 1/50th of a pound of thrust...
Deep Space 1 is seen here suspended in an assembly room, a folded solar array resting above the circular ion propulsion module.
Again steering by the stars, Deep Space 1 is scheduled to rendezvous with periodic Comet Borrelly today.
antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov /apod/ap010922.html   (216 words)

  
 Deep Space 1
Among those were an ion engine; an autonomous navigation system that computed and corrected Deep Space 1's course without intervention of human controllers on Earth; and a solar array that concentrated sunlight for extra power.
On Dec. 18, 2001, after more than three years in space and two trips around the Sun, the Deep Space 1 team sent one final set of instructions, the spacecraft's radio transmitter was switched off and NASA's record-shattering Deep Space 1 mission ended.
Deep Space 1 was launched in October 1998 as part of NASA's New
www.decaturco.k12.in.us /space/DeepSpace1.html   (1144 words)

  
 NASA's Solar System Exploration: Missions: By Target: Comets: Past: Deep Space 1
After its successful 1999 asteroid encounter, Deep Space 1's was sent on an extended mission to study comet Borrelly.
Despite the failure of a system that helped the spacecraft determine its orientation, the flyby was a success.
Deep Space 1 - dubbed 'the little spacecraft that could' - sent back excellent images and science data from a comet.
solarsystem.nasa.gov /missions/profile.cfm?Sort=Target&Target=Comets&MCode=DS1   (115 words)

  
 Deep Space Sky Mapping Software
Deep Space is a full-featured observerving guide: a reliable introduction for beginners and a practical tool for advanced observers.
Deep Space will estimate the two major error angles in your scope: the lack of perpendicularity of the axes and the lack of alignment of the optical and mechanical axes.
Deep Space will send positions for any star, planet, comet, asteroid, deep sky object, user-defined object (nova, etc.), or screen position of the cursor to the LX200 interface and cause the telescope to move to that position.
www.davidchandler.com /dspace.htm   (4982 words)

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