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Cometary Matter Analyser (COMA/CRAF)This project was part of an international program under which the chemical composition of cometary dust particles was to be measured 'in situ' during a rendezvous and flyby mission of a Mariner Mark 2 space probe and a comet (depending on the time of launch). Two necessary tasks, preliminary hardware development and interface definition, have been completed within the projects submitted for approval. As a result a model close to the flight configuration has been created, which was to be made available to the flight hardware contractor and his purposes. The Comet Rendezvous and Asteroid Flyby (CRAF) mission was abandoned after joint resolution adopted by NASA and the Federal Ministry for Research and Technology in 1992. Since an instrument like CoMA is an important contribution both to future cometary rendezvous missions, such as ROSETTA, as well as for accompanying laboratory activities, this project was terminated in a 'qualified conclusion'. In the process, components suitable for the laboratory developed from the preliminary units were produced and put into operation.
Document ID
19960054201
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Contractor Report (CR)
Authors
Buechler, K.
(Dornier System G.m.b.H. Friedrichshaften, Germany)
Igenbergs, E.
(Technische Univ. Munich, Germany)
Klein, J. W.
(Ludwig-Maximilians-Univ. Munich, Germany)
Krueger, F. R.
(Max-Planck-Inst. fuer Kernphysik Heidelberg, Germany)
Kuczera, H.
(Max-Planck-Inst. fuer Kernphysik Heidelberg, Germany)
Morfill, G.
(Max-Planck-Inst. fuer Extraterrestrische Physik Garching, Germany)
Palme, H.
(Max-Planck-Inst. fuer Chemie Mainz, Germany)
Roessler, K.
(Forschungszentrum Juelich G.m.b.H. Juelich, Germany)
Weishaupt, U.
(Max-Planck-Inst. fuer Kernphysik Heidelberg, Germany)
Zerrull, R.
(Bochum Univ. Germany)
Schmidt, R.
(European Space Agency. European Space Research and Technology Center, ESTEC Noordwijk, Netherlands)
Strazulla, G.
(Catania Univ. Italy)
Brownlee, D.
(Washington Univ. Seattle, WA United States)
Clark, B.
(Martin Marietta Aerospace Denver, CO United States)
Hanner, M.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA United States)
Johnson, R.
(Virginia Univ. Charlottesville, VA United States)
Utterback, N.
(Dawn Laser Technology, Inc. Santa Barbara, CA United States)
Zinner, E.
(Washington Univ. Saint Louis, MO United States)
Date Acquired
August 17, 2013
Publication Date
February 28, 1994
Subject Category
Spacecraft Instrumentation
Report/Patent Number
NAS 1.26:202230
NASA-CR-202230
Accession Number
96N73352
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: BMFT-50QK8801
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
Keywords
COMETARY MATTER

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