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Welcome to NASA's Deep Impact mission, a first look inside a comet.
DEEP IMPACT: Breaking through barriers to peer inside a comet
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02.03.06 - Deep Impact Team Reports First Evidence of Cometary Ice
Data show that water ice was on the surface of Comet Tempel 1.
Sequence of Approach Images
Sequence of images obtained roughly every 4 hours from June 10 through July 3.
Rotational Sequence
Series of 11 images from June 27 that show a full rotation of the nucleus.
Limb Jet Sequence
Series of 11 images from June 27 that show a full rotation of the nucleus.
Tempel Fades Into Night (Movie)
This movie is made up of images taken by Deep Impact's flyby spacecraft.
Comet Impact:
July 4, 2005
Impact Velocity:
23,000 mph
Spacecraft Size:
Flyby spacecraft - nearly as large as a Volkswagen Beetle automobile.
Impactor spacecraft - about the same dimensions as a typical living room coffee table.
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