Deep Space 1

Animation sequences for JPL's Deep Space 1 project, part of the New Millennium Program. DS1 will fly by asteroid 1992 KD, swing past a comet, and test new technologies, including the new Solar Electric Ion Propulsion system.

See live video ot the DS1 test complex here. Netscape is required.

You can read more about Deep Space One and see a few animation sequences at CNN.

Here's more info about DS1 at MSNBC.

Here are a few images from some of the animation sequences:


Asteroid 1992 KD slowly tumbles past us...


The DS1 probe is dwarfed by the asteroid:


The probe will encounter comet West-Kohoutek-Ikemura: