NASA MISSION -ISEE-3/ICE [SPACE RESEARCH]

                                   **           MISSION ISEE-3/ICE **

MISSION-            ISEE-3/ICE

COUNTRY/AGENCY:-USA[NASA]

LAUNCH DATE  ;:-AUGUST 12 ,1978

ENCOUNTER DATE:-SEPTEMBER 11,1985

COMET EXPLORED:- COMET GIACOBINI-ZINNER[1985]

                                         :-COMET HALLEY[1986]

ENCOUNTER CHARACTERISTICS:- 

FIRST EVER COMET ENCOUNTER WITH GIACOBINI-ZINNER, MADE DISTANT OBSERVATION OF HALLEY.  IT WILL RETURN TO THE VICINITY OF EARTH IN 2014 AND COULD POSSIBLY BE CAPTURED THEM