On 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.


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    Title :

    International Cometary Explorer (ICE) Wallsheet Teacher's Guide


    Contributors:
    S. P. Maran (author)

    Publication date :

    1985


    Size :

    12 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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