PIA02125: We're Going In!
This frame from a movie shows NASA's Deep Impact's impactor probe approaching comet Tempel 1. It is made up of images taken by the probe's impactor targeting sensor in 2005.
 Target Name:  Tempel 1
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Deep Impact 
 Spacecraft:  Deep Impact
 Instrument:  Impactor Targeting Sensor (ITS) 
 Product Size:  256 x 256 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  University of Maryland 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA02125.tif (65.83 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA02125.jpg (4.034 kB)  

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Quick Time Movie for PIA02125 We're Going In!
Quick Time Movie for PIA02125 We're Going In!

This movie shows Deep Impact's impactor probe approaching comet Tempel 1. It is made up of images taken by the probe's impactor targeting sensor. The probe collided with the comet at 10:52 p.m. Pacific time, July 3 (1:52 a.m. Eastern time, July 4).

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UMD

Image Addition Date:
2005-07-04