Exploration of the Solar System
Dr. Kortenkamp, Fall 2005 (Distance Education Section)

Comet Tempel-1 only seconds after "Deep Impact," July, 2005

• Syllabus
• Lecture Notes
• Astronomy Picture of the Day
• Addenda to Lecture Notes
• Homework Problems

Some current NASA missions: spacecraft "Out There"

• The DEEP IMPACT Mission
• SOHO Views the Sun
• Mars Exploration Rovers ("Spirit" and "Opportunity")
• CASSINI heads to Saturn
• Mars Odyssey 2001
• GALILEO orbits Jupiter
• MGS scrutinizes Mars
• NEAR kisses the asteroid Eros
• STARDUST collects comet samples
• Apollo Results on the Moon