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Space mission

Deep Space 1

NASA's ion-propulsion technology demonstrator that flew past comet Borrelly in 2001, returning detailed images of its nucleus.

Type
Space mission
Domain
Scientific connections
Connections
6

NASA · NASA media (public domain)

Enhanced Image of Asteroid Braille from Deep Space 1
Enhanced Image of Asteroid Braille from Deep Space 1 · NASA/JPL/USGS

Experience system V6

Mission dossier

A mission-story layout that emphasizes target bodies, spacecraft, timeline, agency, and evidence-backed status.

Trajectory mapMission architectureTarget graphSource trail
  1. 01

    Observe

    NASA imagery anchors the visual reading with licensed source metadata.

  2. 02

    Measure

    Measurement panels use graph coverage, catalog identifiers, and source availability without inventing values.

  3. 03

    Locate

    Visited Borrelly.

  4. 04

    Connect

    6 graph relations shape the knowledge viewport.

Object type
Space mission
Graph relations
6
Verified sources
1
Image records
4
Domain
Scientific connections
Status
Graph entity

Scientific map

Mission context

Earth / launchBorrellymission arc
  • Visited

    Borrelly

  • Member of group

    Flyby Mission

  • Launched by

    Delta II

  • Operated by

    NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Original SVG diagram

Mission architecture

LaunchEncounterSpacecraftSpace mission systemArchitecture follows recorded graph links.
Agency
Not recorded
Launch year
Not recorded
Mission type
Not recorded
Status
Not recorded
Autonomous Naviga...BorrellyBorrellyDelta IIFlyby MissionNASA Jet Propulsi...Deep Space 1Space mission

Visual knowledge graph

Relationships, not isolated facts

This viewport is generated from the Asteria knowledge graph. Science, culture, and interpretive links remain separated by domain so visual context never changes the evidentiary meaning of a relation.

Image provenance

Photography as evidence

4 cleared visual records
Deep Space 1 Ion Engine

Deep Space 1 Ion Engine

NASA · NASA media (public domain)

Enhanced Image of Asteroid Braille from Deep Space 1

Enhanced Image of Asteroid Braille from Deep Space 1

NASA/JPL/USGS · NASA media (public domain)

Composite View of Asteroid Braille from Deep Space 1

Composite View of Asteroid Braille from Deep Space 1

NASA/JPL/USGS · NASA media (public domain)

Deep Space 1 Ion Engine

Deep Space 1 Ion Engine

NASA/JPL · NASA media (public domain)

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Curated next objects

comet

Borrelly

Periodic comet — 19P/Borrelly.

mission class

Flyby Mission

A spacecraft that passes a small body once at high speed, gathering images and data during a brief encounter. Flybys are the cheapest way to reach a new target — Giotto at Halley, Deep Space 1 at Borrelly, Lucy at the Trojans.

launch vehicle

Delta II

A highly reliable medium-lift workhorse that launched GPS satellites and many NASA planetary missions, including the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity and the Kepler telescope.

organization

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a NASA federally funded research and development center in California that builds and operates robotic spacecraft.

navigation system

Autonomous Navigation

Onboard software that processes optical-navigation images in real time and steers the spacecraft itself, without waiting for commands from Earth. It was pioneered by Deep Space 1 and used for terminal guidance in fast flybys and the DART impact.

space mission

Deep Impact

NASA's mission that fired a 370-kg impactor into comet Tempel 1 in 2005 to excavate and study the material beneath a comet's surface.

Observation

How this was captured

Source
NASA
Observation date
2002-12-21

Gallery

Composite View of Asteroid Braille from Deep Space 1

The two images on the left hand side of this composite image frame were taken 914 seconds and 932 seconds after the NASA Deep Space 1 encounter with the asteroid 9969 Braille.

1999

NASA/JPL/USGS · NASA media (public domain)

Source archive ↗

Data

Scientific data & provenance

Data & provenance

Stable ID
space_mission:deep-space-1
Type
Space mission
Domain
Scientific connections
Relationships
6
Graph version
1.0.0

Dataset membership

Open data

In the graph export: graph.json · graph.jsonld

Planned API: GET /api/v0/entities/space_mission:deep-space-1

Scientific quality

Partial
Unreviewed1 sourcev1.0.0

3 of 7 applicable dimensions complete, 1 partial

Description
Complete
Source coverage
Partial
Relationship coverage
Complete
Review coverage
None
Citation coverage
None
Image coverage
Complete
Timeline coverage
None

Scientific entity. Dimensions that cannot apply to this object are excluded rather than counted as gaps. See the evidence framework and authority dashboard.

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Sources & references

The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.

  • NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

    Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.

    Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.