Planetary Probe, Comet Penetrator, Drop Test Model
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Object Details
- Manufacturer
- NASA Ames Research Center
- Summary
- Originally designed for a future Mars Penetrator mission, probes such as this have been extensively tested for planetary exploration. Instruments on a comet nucleus penetrator could relay back information on composition of unaltered subsurface comet material, the variation in temperature near the surface, and the strength of the surface. This penetrator was produced in the 1980s for drop tests in planning for a future Mars mission.
- Transferred by NASA Ames Research Center
- Credit Line
- Transferred by NASA Ames Research Center
- Inventory Number
- A19850393000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- SPACECRAFT-Uncrewed-Test Vehicles
- Materials
- aluminin and tungston steel
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 119.4 x 8.9cm, 18.1kg (47 x 3 1/2 in., 40lb.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19850393000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9ae82946e-ddf9-4843-aa26-0d6ac49798bc
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