On September 11, 1985, NASA’s repurposed ICE spacecraft flew through Comet Giacobini–Zinner’s plasma tail—the first direct spacecraft encounter with a comet.
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Today in History – September 11
Discover what happened on September 11 in history: Stirling Bridge, the Battle of Zenta, the Pentagon, the first spacecraft encounter with a comet, and the attacks of 2001.
September 11, 2001 | The Attacks, the Lives Lost, and the World That Followed
On September 11, 2001, four hijacked airliners killed 2,977 victims in New York, at the Pentagon and near Shanksville. Follow the documented timeline and lasting consequences.