ESA title
ICE
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ICE

10/09/2004 299 views 0 likes 223173 ID

On 11 September 1985, the International Cometary Explorer (ICE) made the first ever comet tail transverse, a flyby of comet 21/P-Giacobini-Zinner. The science mission goal was to study the interaction between the solar wind and a cometary atmosphere.

Comet 21P in cursory close approach
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Comet 21P in cursory close approach

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Science & Exploration

Giotto approaching Comet Halley

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Comet surface minutes before impact - last image from impactor
Science & Exploration

Comet surface minutes before impact - last image fro…

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Titan by the numbers
Science & Exploration

Titan by the numbers

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Ejecta plume from Tempel 1, 13 seconds after impact
Science & Exploration

Ejecta plume from Tempel 1, 13 seconds after impact

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