Jacques van Oene
July 21st 05, 04:13 AM
Dolores Beasley/Erica Hupp
Headquarters, Washington July 20, 2005
(Phone: 202/358-1753/1237)
RELEASE: 05-193
NASA ANNOUNCES DEEP IMPACT FUTURE MISSION STATUS
As NASA's Deep Impact flyby spacecraft prepares to execute its sixth
trajectory correction maneuver, program managers at agency headquarters in
Washington are investigating future options.
Today's scheduled burn places the spacecraft on a trajectory to fly past
Earth in late December 2007. The maneuver allows NASA to preserve options
for future use of the spacecraft.
"This maneuver will keep the spacecraft in the vicinity of the inner
planets, thereby making the task of tracking and communicating with it
easier," said NASA's Director of Solar System Division, Science Mission
Directorate, Andy Dantzler.
Dantzler announced today that all investigators interested in using the Deep
Impact Flyby Spacecraft for further science investigations must submit
proposals to the 2005 Discovery Program Announcement of Opportunity for a
Mission of Opportunity.
"All proposals for use of the Deep Impact spacecraft will be evaluated for
science merit and feasibility along with all submitted proposal for Missions
of Opportunity," he said. "The spacecraft is being offered as is. Proposers
must include mission management and spacecraft operations in the total
proposed funding."
Further details will be posted by the end of July on the Discovery Program
acquisition site:
http://centauri.larc.nasa.gov/discovery
For information about Deep Impact on the Internet, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/deepimpact
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info
Headquarters, Washington July 20, 2005
(Phone: 202/358-1753/1237)
RELEASE: 05-193
NASA ANNOUNCES DEEP IMPACT FUTURE MISSION STATUS
As NASA's Deep Impact flyby spacecraft prepares to execute its sixth
trajectory correction maneuver, program managers at agency headquarters in
Washington are investigating future options.
Today's scheduled burn places the spacecraft on a trajectory to fly past
Earth in late December 2007. The maneuver allows NASA to preserve options
for future use of the spacecraft.
"This maneuver will keep the spacecraft in the vicinity of the inner
planets, thereby making the task of tracking and communicating with it
easier," said NASA's Director of Solar System Division, Science Mission
Directorate, Andy Dantzler.
Dantzler announced today that all investigators interested in using the Deep
Impact Flyby Spacecraft for further science investigations must submit
proposals to the 2005 Discovery Program Announcement of Opportunity for a
Mission of Opportunity.
"All proposals for use of the Deep Impact spacecraft will be evaluated for
science merit and feasibility along with all submitted proposal for Missions
of Opportunity," he said. "The spacecraft is being offered as is. Proposers
must include mission management and spacecraft operations in the total
proposed funding."
Further details will be posted by the end of July on the Discovery Program
acquisition site:
http://centauri.larc.nasa.gov/discovery
For information about Deep Impact on the Internet, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/deepimpact
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info