[DOC] [TLE] International Cometary Explorer - Wikipedia [PAR] The International Cometary Explorer (ICE) spacecraft was launched August 12, 
1978, into a heliocentric orbit. It was one of three spacecraft, along with the 
mother/daughter pair of ISEE-1 ... Renamed ICE, it became the first spacecraft to 
visit a comet, passing through the plasma tail of comet Giacobini-Zinner within 
about... [DOC] [TLE] Giotto (spacecraft) - Wikipedia [PAR] Giotto was a European robotic spacecraft mission from the European Space 
Agency. The spacecraft flew by and studied Halley's Comet and in doing so 
became the first spacecraft to ... COSPAR ID, 1985-056A ... One impact sent it 
spinning off its stabilized spin axis so that its antenna no longer always pointed at 
the Earth,... [DOC] [TLE] SATELLITE SET TO CROSS COMET'S TAIL WEDNESDAY ... [PAR] The comet and the spacecraft were four million miles apart yesterday. ... 
Published: September 7, 1985 ... for the first probe of one of these mysterious 
wanderers of the solar system. ... and investigated first, but an obscure one 
named Giacobini-Zinner. ... In 1981, when it became clear that the United States 
would not send a... [DOC] [TLE] Scientists' excitement grows as spacecraft nears Giacobini-Zinner ... [PAR] Sep 11, 1985 ... Scientists' excitement grows as spacecraft nears Giacobini-Zinner ... Staff writer of 
The Christian Science Monitor September 11, 1985 ... on lunar energy, was 
approaching Comet Giacobini-Zinner some 70 ... Unlike the Japanese-European
-Soviet squadron of probes that will intercept ... But you will be first. [DOC] [TLE] Historic Spacecraft - Asteroid and Comet Space Probes [PAR] 9P/Tempel (Tempel 1) - Deep Impact (Discovery 7) 2006. ... 21P/Giacobini-Zinner 
- International Cometary Explorer (ICE) 1985. ... Launched on 17 February 1996, 
NEAR (Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous) became the first probe to orbit, then 
land on, ... These samples represent the first comet coma samples, and the first... [DOC] [TLE] Comet Spacecraft Encounters - National Air and Space Museum [PAR] The first spacecraft encounter with a comet occurred in September 1985, when 
the International Cometary Explorer (ICE) flew through the tail of Comet Giacobini
-Zinner. ... When the decision was made to change the trajectory for a comet 
intercept, ... A Plasma Wave Detector similar to the one pictured here on display 
in the... [DOC] [TLE] Guest Post: No turning back, NASA ISEE-3 Spacecraft Returning to ... [PAR] May 14, 2014 ... The International Sun-Earth Explorer spacecraft (ISEE-3) is phoning home and ... 
Explorers 1, 2 and 3 were the vanguard of what became an ongoing NASA ... 
with two comets  Giacobini-Zinner in 1985 and Comet Halley in 1986. ... 
Repurposing ISEE-3 filled this gap and it became the first spacecraft to... [DOC] [TLE] Advanced missions to primitive bodies [PAR] Even earlier, in mid-September 1985, a spacecraft will fly through the tail of ... 
These missions will not only characterize the size, spin state, shape, mass, bulk 
density ... into the earth's geotail and, ultimately, to intercept comet Giacobini-
Zinner. ... After its swingby of Venus, the VEGA 1 spacecraft was targeted for a 
10,000 km... [DOC] [TLE] NASA History - Timeline | Facebook [PAR] (202) 358-0384 ... It measured solar emissions, cosmic radiation, and the effects 
of these on the Earth's ... ICE passed through the tail of Comet Giacobini-Zinner 
on September 11,1985. ICE became the first spacecraft to encounter a comet. ... 
Although some data was gathered the probe flew by the Earth in August 2014, 
and... [DOC] [TLE] New Opportunities for a Historic Spacecraft - Garcia - 2012 - Space ... [PAR] Aug 15, 2012 ... ISEE 1 and ISEE 2 were launched in 1977, and ISEE 3 was launched in 1978. 
These ... Later, it became the first spacecraft to intercept a comet when, after 
being renamed ICE, it was sent to comet Giacobini-Zinner in 1985. After a ... 
Once these commands are rebuilt, the Deep Space

Question: In 1985 Giacobini-Zinner became the first one of these to be intercepted by a spacecraft
Answer: a comet