Epoxi Mission Overview

    artist concept of Deep Impact (now called EPOXI) releasing its impactor.

    Epoxi Spacecraft Soars Past Home
    12.29.08 -- The NASA/JPL Epoxi spacecraft flew within 43,000 kilometers (26,700 miles) of Earth today. The Epoxi mission is scheduled to fly past comet Hartley 2 on Nov. 4, 2010.

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  • Image of the Moon transiting Earth

    EPOXI Team Develops New Method to Find Alien Oceans

    A 'pale blue dot' is the best picture we will get of an Earth-like extrasolar world using even the most advanced telescopes planned for the next couple decades. If we can determine that the planet has oceans of liquid water, it greatly increases the likelihood that it supports life.

  • artist concept of Epoxi

    Epoxi Spacecraft Burns For Home

    The NASA/JPL Epoxi spacecraft fired its engines today to prepare for a Dec. 29 Earth flyby. The Epoxi mission is scheduled to fly past comet Hartley 2 in 2010.

  • Image of the Moon transiting Earth

    NASA's Deep Impact Films Earth as an Alien World

    Scientists are using a video of Earth and the Moon taken from 31 million miles away to develop techniques to study alien worlds.

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