OVERVIEW Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. (BATC) developed the spacecraft for NASA’s Deep Impact program. Deep Impact consisted of two spacecraft which flew into deep space to gather more information about the Tempel 1 comet. One spacecraft was designed to impact the comet while the other flyby spacecraft observed and recorded the impact, the ejected material blasted from the crater, and the structure and composition of the crater’s interior. On July 4, 2005, the Deep Impact spacecraft successfully completed its mission. ATA Engineering, Inc., provided specialized test and analysis support to BATC over a period of 12 months. TASKS PERFORMED & KEY OUTCOMES h Developed detailed finite element models (FEMs) of components and subsystems. h Verified designs through detailed stress an

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