{CaptionsBy}    Sherikon Space Systems

{LastEditor}    Kay Grinter

{ScannedBy}     Bionetics and NASA/KSC Public Affairs Office

{author}        NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

{date}          16-Sep-1998

{description}   The Plasma Experiment for Planetary Exploration (PEPE), one of
                two advanced science experiments flying on the Deep Space l
                mission, is being installed on the spacecraft in the Payload
                Hazardous Servicing Facility. PEPE combines several instruments
                that study space plasma in one compact 13-pound (6-kilogram)
                package. Space plasma is composed of charged particles, most of
                which flow outward from the Sun. The first flight in NASA's New
                Millennium Program, Deep Space 1 is designed to validate 12 new
                technologies for scientific space missions of the next century.
                The spacecraft is scheduled to launch during a period opening
                Oct. 15 and closing Nov. 10, 1998. Most of its mission objectives
                will be completed within the first two months. A near-earth
                asteroid, 1992 KD, has also been selected for a possible flyby.

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{title}         PEPE is installed on Deep Space 1 in the PHSF

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