Epoxi Mission Overview
NASA's Deep Impact Begins Hunt for Alien Worlds
02.07.08 -- NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft is aiming its largest telescope at five stars in a search for alien planets as it enters its extended mission, called Epoxi.
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Mission News
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Mission Status Report
NASA's EPOXI spacecraft has temporarily halted EPOCH (Extrasolar Planet Observation and Characterization) observations starting this past Sunday, Feb. 17.
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NASA's Deep Impact Begins Hunt for Alien Worlds
NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft is aiming its largest telescope at five stars in a search for alien (exosolar) planets as it enters its extended mission, called Epoxi.
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NASA Sends Spacecraft on Mission to Comet Hartley 2
NASA has approved the retargeting of the Epoxi mission for a flyby of comet Hartley 2 on Oct. 11, 2010.
Image Gallery
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Artist Concept
NASA's Deep Impact has been re-christened EPOXI.
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EPOXI Trajectory
A drawing of EPOXI's trajectory.
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Launch
Deep Impact, now EPOXI, was launched in 2005.
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Telescope Assemblies
A view of EPOXI's telescope assemblies.