May 24, 2014

Artistic concept of the ISEE-3 / ICE space probe (Image NASA)

NASA has signed an agreement with an external group to allow an attempt to contact and to take control of the old ISEE-3 (International Sun/Earth Explorer 3) space probe, also known as ICE (International Cometary Explorer). It was designed to study the interactions between the Earth’s magnetic field and the solar wind along with the ISEE-1 and ISEE-2 probes but in the ’80s it was also used for the study of comets, hence the name ICE.