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The International Cometary Explorer (ICE)wallsheet teacher's guideOn September 11, 1985, the veteran NASA spacecraft ISEE-3 which has been renamed the International Cometary Explorer (ICE) will make the first visit of a spacecraft to a comet. A teachers' guide to the NASA wallsheet on the ICE and its mission is presented. This circumstance of course results from the current interest in the return of Halley's Comet. This teacher's guide will be helpful in understanding scientists strong interest in sending the ICE spacecraft to investigate the tail of a much less famous object Comet Giacobin-Zinner.
Document ID
19850026414
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Technical Memorandum (TM)
Authors
Maran, S. P.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
September 5, 2013
Publication Date
July 1, 1985
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Report/Patent Number
NAS 1.15:87498
TG-101/9-85
NASA-TM-87498
Accession Number
85N34727
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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