... 2005 July 18 . DeepImpact on Comet Tempel 1 from Hubble . Credit: P. Feldman ( JHU ) H. Weaver ( APL ), ESA , NASA . ... of terrestrial scientists , a refrigerator-sized probe from the DeepImpact mission struck Comet Tempel 1 on July 4 at over 35 ...
... 2005 May 16 . DeepImpact Spacecraft Hurtles Toward Comet . Drawing Credit: Pat Rawlings , U. Md. , JPL , NASA . ... That was a question considered by astronomers when they designed the DeepImpact mission , launched in January. ...
... Explanation: The DeepImpact spacecraft continues to close on Comet Tempel 1, a comet roughly the size of Manhattan. ... Early on July 3 (EDT), the DeepImpact spacecraft will separate in to two individual robotic spaceships, one called Flyby and ...
... for a collision with the impactor probe from NASA's DeepImpact Spacecraft at about 1:52am EDT on July 4th ( other time zones ... the event, and the possibilities for viewing the comet with small telescopes can be found through the DeepImpact website ...
... Explanation: Fireworks came early on July 4th when, at 1:52am EDT, the DeepImpact spacecraft's probe smashed into the surface of Comet Tempel 1's nucleus at ten kilometers per second . ...
... Explanation: Approaching the nucleus of comet Tempel 1 at ten kilometers per second , the DeepImpact probe's targeting camera recorded a truly dramatic series of images. ...
... Visible on the above interactive topographic map of the surface of Mars are giant volcanoes , deep valleys , impact craters , and terrain considered unusual and even mysterious . ...
... C) to asteroid Itokawa, Rosetta to Comet Churyumov-Gerasmenko, DeepImpact to Comet Tempel 1, and Dawn to orbit asteroids Vesta ... There is also a gigantic impact basin so deep that it exposes the mantle beneath Vesta's outer crust. ...