Deep Space 1 - Wikipedia
WEBDeep Space 1 (DS1) was a NASA technology demonstration spacecraft which flew by an asteroid and a comet. It was part of the New Millennium Program, dedicated to testing advanced technologies. Launched on 24 October 1998, the Deep Space 1 spacecraft carried out a flyby of asteroid 9969 Braille, which was its primary science target.
Deep Space 1 - Asteroid & Comet Missions - NASA Jet Propulsion ...
WEBOct 24, 1998 · Deep Space 1. Originally designed to test a dozen new technologies including the use of an ion engine for spacecraft propulsion, Deep Space 1 far outstripped its primary mission goals by also successfully flying by the asteroid 9969 Braille and comet Borrelly. Visit Mission Website.
Deep Space 1 - NASA Science
WEBOct 24, 1998 · What was Deep Space 1? NASA’s Deep Space 1 was an engineering test flight for a dozen new technologies, including highly-efficient ion engines and autonomous navigation software. Asteroid 9969 Braille was a bonus science target.
25 Years Ago: Launch of Deep Space 1 Technology Demonstration ... - NASA
WEBOn Oct. 24, 1998, NASA launched the Deep Space 1 spacecraft. Managed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, Deep Space 1 served as a testbed for 12 new technologies, including solar electric, also known as ion propulsion, for use in future deep space and interplanetary missions. The spacecraft, the first in NASA’s New ...
10 Things: Looking Back at Deep Space 1 - Science@NASA
WEBOct 23, 2018 · The Deep Space 1 (DS1) spacecraft headed out from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Oct. 24, 1998, and paved the way for other space missions that later capitalized on DS1’s technologies. DS1 also flew by an asteroid …
New Millennium Program - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
WEBDeep Space 1 launched from Cape Canaveral on October 24, 1998. During a highly successful primary mission, it tested 12 advanced, high-risk technologies in space. In an extremely successful extended mission, it encountered Comet Borrelly and returned the best images and other science data ever from a comet.
NASA History: Deep Space 1 Validated the Promise of Ion Thrusters
WEBOn December 18, 2001, NASA engineers shut down Deep Space 1, bringing to an end the first U.S. space mission utilizing ion thrusters as its primary mode of propulsion. Researchers at Lewis Research Center (now NASA Glenn) made significant contributions to the solar-powered xenon-gas-based electric propulsion system, referred to …
NASA's Deep Space 1 succeeds in Close Asteroid Flyby
WEBJul 29, 1999 · NASA's Deep Space 1 experimental spacecraft successfully flew closely above the surface of asteroid 9969 Braille at 9:46 p.m. Pacific time Wednesday, July 28 (04:46 Universal Time July 29), using a sophisticated new space autopilot system, exceeding 100 percent of the mission's objectives.
Deep Space 1 Stories - NASA Science
WEBDeep Space 1, JPL's successful mission to test 12 advanced technologies in deep space to lower the cost and risk to future science-driven missions that use them for the first time, comes to an end Dec. 18.
Deep Space 1's Ion Engine Proves Itself in Tests and Flight
WEBApr 4, 2001 · The innovative engine now propelling NASA's Deep Space 1 spacecraft toward its ambitious September encounter with Comet Borrelly just won't give up, having now run for more than 10,000 hours -- 50 times beyond its originally required lifetime.
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