PIA02135: One-Way Trip to Tempel
This image 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 on July 4, 2005. Animation available at the Photojournal.
 Target Name:  Tempel 1
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Deep Impact 
 Spacecraft:  Deep Impact
 Instrument:  Impactor Targeting Sensor (ITS) 
 Product Size:  616 x 458 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  University of Maryland 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA02135.tif (282.6 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA02135.jpg (27.03 kB)  

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Quick Time Movie for PIA02135 Impactor Targeting Sensor Approach
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Impactor Targeting Sensor Approach

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