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A -- AO 97-OSS-01, SCIENCE INVESTIGATIONS ON THE NEW MILLENNIUM DEEP SPACE ONE (DS1) MISSION SOL AO 97-OSS-01 DUE 052797 POC Dr. Walter F. Huebner, Code SR, Office of Space Science, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546-0001; phone (202)358-0828/0292; E-mail: walter.huebner@hq.nasa.gov WEB: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/oss, http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/oss. E-MAIL: walter.huebner@hq.nasa.gov, walter.huebner@hq.nasa.gov. NASA Announcement of Opportunity: Science Team Members for the New Millennium Deep Space One (DS1) Mission. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Office of Space Science is soliciting proposals through Announcement of Opportunity (AO) 97-OSS-01 for Science Investigations on the New Millennium Deep Space One (DS1) Mission. DS1 is a technology validation mission that will fly by Asteroid 3352 McAuliffe and Comet P/West-Kohoutek-Ikemura. The two principal instruments on the mission are a Miniature Integrated Camera and Spectrometer (MICAS) and a Plasma Experiment for Planetary Exploration (PEPE). Expertise is sought for in-flight instrument calibration; planning of instrument observations; reducing and validating technical and scientific data from the mission; preparing data for archiving in the Planetary Data System (PDS); and analyzing, interpreting, and publishing initial results. Complete AO will be available electronically on the release date of February 26, 1997, from the OSS homepage at: <http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/oss&;gt; (select "Research Opportunities"). For further information and printed copies contact: Dr. Walter F. Huebner, Code SR, Office of Space Science, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546-0001; phone: (202)358-0828 or 0292; E-mail: <walter.huebner@hq.nasa.gov>. Participation in this program is open to all categories of organizations, both domestic and foreign: industry, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, NASA centers, and other Government agencies. Notice of Intent to Propose is due March 18, 1997, with Proposals due May 27, 1997. This notice constitutes a broad agency announcement as contemplated in FAR 6.102(d)(2). (0035)

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