This close-up view of comet Hartley 2 was taken by NASA's EPOXI mission during its flyby of the comet on Nov. 4, 2010. It was captured by the spacecraft's Medium-Resolution Instrument.
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This close-up view of comet Hartley 2 was taken by NASA's EPOXI mission during its flyby of the comet on Nov. 4, 2010. It was captured by the spacecraft's Medium-Resolution Instrument.
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This close-up view of comet Hartley 2 was taken by NASA's EPOXI mission during its flyby of the comet on Nov. 4, 2010. It was captured by the spacecraft's Medium-Resolution Instrument.
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This is one of the first images sent back to Earth from the NASA's EPOXI mission after it flew by comet Hartley 2 around 7 a.m. PDT (10 a.m. EDT) on Nov. 4, 2010. The spacecraft's high-gain antenna, w...
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NASA's Deep Impact/EPOXI spacecraft, as depicted in this artist's concept, will make its encounter with comet Hartley 2 on Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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This image of comet Hartley 2 was captured by amateur astronomer Byron Bergert on October 6, 2010 in Gainesville, Florida using a 106 mm Takahashi astrograph.
Image credit: Byron Bergert
This artist's concept shows us the first time Deep Impact encountered a comet - Tempel 1 in July 2005. Deep Impact, now in an extended mission called EPOXI, will fly by its next comet, Hartley 2, on N...
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NASA's Deep Impact has been re-christened EPOXI.
A drawing of EPOXI's trajectory.
Deep Impact, now EPOXI, was launched in 2005.
A view of EPOXI's telescope assemblies.