2 min read

NASA – NASA Announces Comet Hunter Mission & Science Briefing

MEDIA ADVISORY : M04-202

NASA Announces Comet Hunter Mission & Science Briefing

NASA's Deep Impact mission is the subject of a pre-launch mission and science news media briefing at 1 p.m. EST, Tuesday, Dec. 14 in the NASA Headquarters Webb auditorium, 300 E St. S.W., Washington.

Planned liftoff for the mission is Jan. 8, 2005. NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft has a six-month, 431 million kilometer (268 million mile) voyage to comet Tempel 1, where it will send a projectile crashing into the comet. The first time this has ever been attempted, the impact should create a stadium-sized crater, allowing scientists to study pristine material inside the comet dating back to the formation of our solar system.

Briefing panelists:

-- Andy Dantzler, Acting Director, Solar System Division, NASA Headquarters

-- Tom Morgan, Deep Impact Program Scientist, NASA Headquarters-- Rick Grammier, Deep Impact Project Manager, JPL-- Mike A'Hearn, Deep Impact Principal Investigator, University of Maryland, Baltimore-- Karen Meech, Deep Impact Co-Investigator, Institute for Astronomy, (Hilo), Hawaii

The news conference will be carried live on NASA TV with two-way question-and-answer capability from participating agency centers. NASA TV is available on the Web and via satellite in the continental U.S. on AMC-6, Transponder 9C, C-Band, at 72 degrees west longitude. The frequency is 3880.0 MHz. Polarization is vertical, and audio is monaural at 6.80 MHz. In Alaska and Hawaii, NASA TV is available on AMC-7, Transponder 18C, C-Band, at 137 degrees west longitude. The frequency is 4060.0 MHz. Polarization is vertical, and audio is monaural at 6.80 MHz. It will also be webcast live at:

http://www.nasa.gov/deepimpact

Reporters may listen to the briefing by calling: 818/354-6666. Additional listen-only service is available at: 321/867-1220/1240/1260.

- end -

text-only version of this release

NASA press releases and other information are available automatically by sending a blank e-mail message to hqnews-subscribe@mediaservices.nasa.gov. To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a blank e-mail message to hqnews-unsubscribe@mediaservices.nasa.gov.

Back to NASA Newsroom | Back to NASA Homepage

› Back To Top

Share

Details

Last Updated
Apr 17, 2023
Editor
NASA Hubble Mission Team

Related Terms

Explore More

A spiral galaxy, seen face-on to the viewer. The bright center of the galaxy is crossed by a glowing bar, and it is surrounded by tightly wound spiral arms, forming a circular shape with relatively clear edges. Faraway galaxies are visible around it, along with a few bright stars, on a dark background. One star to the right of the galaxy is very large and extremely bright with long diffraction spikes.
2 min read

Hubble Captures a Bright Galactic and Stellar Duo

Article1 day ago
This is a Hubble Space Telescope image of the barred spiral galaxy UGC 12158. The majestic galaxy has a pinwheel shape made up of bright blue stars wound around a yellow-white hub of central stars. The hub has a slash of stars across it, called a bar. The galaxy is tilted face-on to our view from Earth. A slightly s-shaped white line across the top is a Hubble image is of an asteroid streaking across Hubble's view. It looks dashed because the image is a combination of several exposures of the asteroid flying by like a race car.
5 min read

Hubble Goes Hunting for Small Main Belt Asteroids

Article2 days ago
A spiral galaxy seen nearly face-on. The disk holds many tightly wound spiral arms. They contain small strands of reddish dust, near the center. On the left side, the disk features glowing patches of star formation. The whole right side, and part of the center, is obscured by a large cloud of dark grey gas which crosses the image.
2 min read

Hubble Spots a Galaxy Hidden in a Dark Cloud

Article1 week ago
Keep Exploring

Discover More Topics From NASA

James Webb Space Telescope

The image is divided horizontally by an undulating line between a cloudscape forming a nebula along the bottom portion and a comparatively clear upper portion. Speckled across both portions is a starfield, showing innumerable stars of many sizes. The smallest of these are small, distant, and faint points of light. The largest of these appear larger, closer, brighter, and more fully resolved with 8-point diffraction spikes. The upper portion of the image is blueish, and has wispy translucent cloud-like streaks rising from the nebula below. The orangish cloudy formation in the bottom half varies in density and ranges from translucent to opaque. The stars vary in color, the majority of which have a blue or orange hue. The cloud-like structure of the nebula contains ridges, peaks, and valleys – an appearance very similar to a mountain range. Three long diffraction spikes from the top right edge of the image suggest the presence of a large star just out of view.

Perseverance Rover

Parker Solar Probe

Juno