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Theme : Future projects - Exploration of the Solar System  (136 images)

Title : After first visiting the Moon, this solar electric propulsion vehicle approaches the near-dormant nucleus of Comet Wilson-Harrington

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After first visiting the Moon, this solar electric propulsion vehicle approaches the near-dormant nucleus of Comet Wilson-Harrington. The Diana mission, proposed by NASA Lewis Research Center (LRC), the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), TRW, the University of California at Los Angeles, and other participants, will provide the first high-resolution compositional, gravitational, and visual mapping of the entire lunar surface. The spacecraft will then collect the same data during the first rendezvous with the heart of a comet.