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 was the first interplanetary spacecraft to use an ion engine. Its successful missions to asteroid 9969 Braille and comet Borrelly using the revolutionary technology heralded a new age of ion-propelled spacecraft, such as NASA's Dawn, built for tricky flights to elusive space objects like comets and asteroids.
Deep Space 1 - Science@NASA
WEBOct 24, 1998 · 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.
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.
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'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 …
Deep Space 1 | NASA mission, Comet Borrelly, Solar System
WEBSep 22, 2001 · Deep Space 1, U.S. satellite designed to test technologies—including an ion engine, autonomous navigation, and miniature cameras and electronics—for use on future space missions. Deep Space 1 was launched on Oct. 24, 1998, and entered an orbit around the Sun.