NASA NTRS · 19880028876
The Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby project
Abstract
The first Mariner Mark II (MMII) mission, the Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby (CRAF), is described in detail. The comet Tempe 2 has been selected as the rendezvous target. The CRAF payload will include a cometary retarding ion mass spectrometer, a cometary ice and dust experiment, a penetrator/lander, a thermal IR radiometer, and a visual IR mapping spectrometer.
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Draper, Ronald F.. 1987-10-01. The Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby project. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19880028876
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