Browse Archive
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NASA's Spitzer and Deep Impact Build Recipe for Comet Soup
When Deep Impact smashed into comet Tempel 1 on July 4, 2005, it released the ingredients of our solar system's primordial "soup."
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Deep Impact Adds Color to Unfolding Comet Picture
Painting by the numbers is a good description of how scientists create pictures of everything from atoms in our bodies to asteroids and comets in our solar system.
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Deep Impact Future Mission Status
Today's scheduled burn places the spacecraft on a trajectory to fly past Earth in late December 2007.
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NASA's Deep Impact Tells a Tale of the Comet
Data from Deep Impact's instruments indicate an immense cloud of fine powdery material was released when the probe slammed into the nucleus of comet Tempel 1.
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NASA's Deep Impact Generates Its Own Spectacular Photo Flash
The hyper-speed demise of NASA's Deep Impact probe generated an immense flash of light, which provided an excellent light source for the two cameras on the Deep Impact mothership.
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Deep Impact Kicks Off Fourth of July With Deep Space Fireworks
After 172 days and 431 million kilometers (268 million miles) of deep space stalking, Deep Impact successfully reached out and touched comet Tempel 1.
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Deep Impact Status Report
One hundred and seventy-one days into its 172-day journey to comet Tempel 1, NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft successfully released its impactor at 11:07 p.m. Saturday, Pacific Daylight Time.
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NASA's Deep Impact Spacecraft Preps for July 4 Fireworks
NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft continues to sail through its final checkout, as it hurtles toward comet Tempel 1.
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NASA's Deep Impact Craft Observes Major Comet 'Outburst'
NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft observed a massive, short-lived outburst of ice or other particles from comet Tempel 1.
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Spectacular Day of the Comet
After a voyage of 173 days and 431 million kilometers (268 million miles), NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft will get up-close and personal with comet Tempel 1 on July 4 (EDT).
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Deep Impact Comet Mission Preview
On July 4, NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft concludes a six-month, 268 million mile voyage to comet Tempel 1 by sending a projectile crashing into the cosmic traveler.
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NASA's Space Eyes Focus on Deep Impact Target
Two of NASA's eyes in the sky, the Spitzer and Hubble Space Telescopes, helped scientists prepare for the comet Tempel 1 encounter.
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Deep Impact Mission Status Report
Fifty-nine days before going head-to-head with comet Tempel 1, NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft successfully executed the second trajectory correction maneuver of the mission.
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NASA's Deep Impact Spacecraft Spots Its Quarry
Sixty-nine days before it gets up-close-and-personal with a comet, NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft successfully photographed its quarry, comet Tempel 1.
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Deep Impact Mission Status Report
NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft has completed the commissioning phase of the mission and has moved into the cruise phase.
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Deep Impact Status Report
NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft is out of safe mode and healthy, and on its way to an encounter with comet Tempel 1 on July 4, 2005.
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Deep Impact Launched and Flying Towards Date with a Comet
NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft began its 431 million kilometer (268 million mile) journey to comet Tempel 1 today at 1:47:08 p.m. EST.
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Deep Impact Prelaunch Webcast, Launch Coverage Set for Jan. 10-12
NASA Direct, NASA Kennedy Space Center's Web broadcast network, is featuring a prelaunch webcast and launch day coverage of NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft. The launch is set for Wednesday, Jan. 12.
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NASA Sets Deep Impact Launch Date
NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft will launch on January 12, 2005.
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NASA Offers Close-up View of Deep Impact Spacecraft Dec. 23.
Deep Impact, a NASA spacecraft to be the first to probe beneath the surface of a comet and reveal the secrets of its interior, will be available for a press opportunity.