The Flight of ISEE-3/ICE: Origins, Mission History, and a Legacy, Robert Farquhar A brief history of the ISEE-3/ICE mission is presented. ISEE-3/ICE was the first spacecraft to use a “halo orbit” and…
International Cometary Explorer Wallsheet Teacher's Guide
The International Cometary Explorer (ICE) Wallsheet Teacher’s Guide, NASA TM-87498, September 1985, PDF On September 11,1985, the veteran NASA spacecraft ISEE-3, which has been renamed the International Cometary Explorer. will make the…
ISEE-3/ICE Comet Giacobini-Zinner Handbook
The Comet Giacobini-Zinner Handbook, An Observer’s Guide to the first comet to be explored by a spacecraft, NASA JPL 14 Feburary 1985, PDF Comets have been feared and misunderstood throughout most of…
Original ISEE-3 Press Kit
The ISEE (International Sun-Earth Explorer) program was an international cooperative program between NASA and ESA to study the interaction of the solar wind with the Earth’s magnetosphere. The program used three spacecraft,…