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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-09-11 Vesta Dawn
 Framing Camera
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As NASA's Dawn spacecraft takes off for its next destination, this mosaic synthesizes some of the best views the spacecraft had of the giant asteroid Vesta. The set of three craters known as the 'snowman' can be seen at the top left.
PIA15678:
Full View of Vesta
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 Framing Camera
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This image shows that NASA's Dawn mission detected abundances of hydrogen in a wide swath around the equator of the giant asteroid Vesta. The hydrogen probably exists in the form of hydroxyl or water bound to minerals in Vesta's surface.
PIA15679:
Hydrogen Hotspots on Vesta Animation Icon
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This map from NASA's Dawn mission shows the global distribution of hydrogen on the surface of the giant asteroid Vesta.
PIA16180:
Hydrogen Map of Vesta
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Hydrogen is most abundant in areas with low reflectivity, or albedo, on the giant asteroid Vesta, as shown in this contour map from NASA's Dawn mission.
PIA16181:
Contour Map of Hydrogen on Vesta
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This perspective view of Marcia crater on the giant asteroid Vesta shows the most spectacularly preserved example of 'pitted terrain,' an unexpected discovery in data returned by NASA's Dawn mission.
PIA16182:
Most Spectacularly Preserved Pitted Terrain on Vesta
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 Framing Camera
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This perspective view of Cornelia crater on the giant asteroid Vesta shows an example of 'pitted terrain,' an unexpected discovery in data returned by NASA's Dawn mission.
PIA16183:
Cornelia is the Pits
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-09-20 Vesta Dawn
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These enhanced-color views from NASA's Dawn mission show an unusual 'pitted terrain' on the floors of the craters named Marcia (left) and Cornelia (right) on the giant asteroid Vesta.
PIA16184:
Pitted Terrain in Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-09-26 Vesta Dawn
 VIR
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This map from NASA's Dawn mission indicates the presence of hydrated minerals on the giant asteroid Vesta about 30 degrees north latitude, in August 2011. At the time, it was winter in Vesta's northern hemisphere.
PIA16186:
Map of Hydrated Minerals on Vesta
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-10-31 Vesta Dawn
 Framing Camera
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This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a close up of part of the rim around the crater Canuleia on the giant asteroid Vesta. Canuleia, about 6 miles (10 kilometers) in diameter, is the large crater at the bottom-left of this image.
PIA16176:
Canuleia, Up Close
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-12-06 Vesta Dawn
 Framing Camera
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This image shows a close-up of long, narrow, sinuous gullies that scientists on NASA's Dawn mission have found on the giant asteroid Vesta. The crater shown here is called Cornelia.
PIA16489:
Sinuous Gullies in Cornelia Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-12-06 Vesta Dawn
 Framing Camera
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This image shows a close-up of long, narrow, sinuous gullies that scientists on NASA's Dawn mission have found on the giant asteroid Vesta. The crater shown here is called Cornelia.
PIA16490:
Sinuous Gullies, Close-up
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-12-06 Vesta Dawn
 Framing Camera
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This image shows examples of straighter, shorter, wider gullies that scientists on NASA's Dawn mission have found on the giant asteroid Vesta. The crater shown here is called Fonteia.
PIA16491:
Straight Gullies in Fonteia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-01-03 Vesta Dawn
 Framing Camera
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These mosaic images from NASA's Dawn mission show how dark, carbon-rich materials tend to speckle the rims of smaller craters or their immediate surroundings on the giant asteroid Vesta; Numisia Crater is shown at left.
PIA16630:
Dark Crater Rims
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-01-03 Vesta Dawn
 Framing Camera
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This composite-color view from NASA's Dawn mission shows Cornelia Crater, streaked with dark materials, on the giant asteroid Vesta. You need 3D glasses to view this image.
PIA16631:
3-D View of Dark-Stained Cornelia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-01-03 Vesta Dawn
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This map shows the distribution of dark materials throughout the southern hemisphere of the giant asteroid Vesta. The circles, diamonds, and stars show where the dark material appears in craters, spots and topographic highs.
PIA16632:
Distribution of Vesta's Dark Materials, Southern View
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-08 Vesta Dawn
Hubble Space Telescope
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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope snapped these images of the asteroid Vesta in preparation for the Dawn spacecraft's visit in 2011. The images show the difference in brightness and color on the asteroid's surface.
PIA13428:
The Faces of Vesta
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-08 Vesta Dawn
Hubble Space Telescope
 WFC3
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Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 observed the potato-shaped asteroid in preparation for the visit by NASA's Dawn spacecraft in 2011. This is one frame from a movie showing the difference in brightness and color on the asteroid's surface.
PIA13427:
A New Spin on Vesta
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-03-25 Vesta Dawn
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)
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Studying meteorites from the asteroid Vesta helps scientists understand the event known as the 'lunar cataclysm,' when a repositioning of the gas giant planets destabilized a portion of the asteroid belt and triggered a solar-system-wide bombardment.
PIA16841:
A Shared Bombardment History
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-09-20 Vesta Dawn
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
 Framing Camera
HiRISE
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A distinctive 'pitted terrain' observed by NASA's Dawn mission on asteroid Vesta has also been seen on Mars. The morphologies of pits are similar on both bodies, with irregular shapes and sharp angles where pits share walls.
PIA16185:
Pitted Terrain on Mars and Vesta
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-18 Tempel 1 Deep Impact
 Hale Telescope 200-inch
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Deep Impact on Its Way
PIA07266:
Deep Impact on Its Way
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-05-09 Tempel 1 Deep Impact
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Artist's Concept of Deep Impact's Encounter with Comet Tempel 1
PIA07923:
Artist's Concept of Deep Impact's Encounter with Comet Tempel 1
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-06-02 Tempel 1 Deep Impact
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Space Eyes See Comet Tempel 1 (Artist's Concept)
PIA03516:
Space Eyes See Comet Tempel 1 (Artist's Concept) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-07-04 Tempel 1 Deep Impact
 Chandra X-ray Telescope
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X-ray Eyes on Tempel
PIA02118:
X-ray Eyes on Tempel
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-06 Tempel 1 Deep Impact
 Impactor Targeting Sensor (ITS)
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This Tempel 1 image was built up from scaling images from NASA's Deep Impact to 5 meters/pixel and aligned to fixed points. Each image at closer range replaced equivalent locations observed at a greater distance.
PIA02142:
Tempel 1 Composite Map
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-10-20 Tempel 1 Deep Impact
 Infrared Spectrometer (IRS)
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This is a Tempel 1 temperature map of the nucleus with different spatial resolutions from NASA's Deep Impact mission. The color bar in the middle gives temperature in Kelvins. The sun is to the right in all images.
PIA02143:
Temperature Map of Tempel 1
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-07-05 Tempel 1 Deep Impact
 Autonomous Navigation System
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This image shows how NASA's Deep Impact's impactor targeted comet Tempel 1 as the spacecraft made its final approach in the early morning hours of July 4, 2005.
PIA02136:
A Cyber-Astronaut's Final Moves
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-07-04 Tempel 1 Deep Impact
 High Resolution Instrument (HRI)
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This image shows the view from NASA's Deep Impact's flyby spacecraft as it turned back to look at comet Tempel 1. Fifty minutes earlier, the spacecraft's probe was run over by the comet.
PIA02133:
Looking Back at a Job Well Done
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-07-05 Tempel 1 Deep Impact
 High Resolution Instrument (HRI)
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This spectacular image of comet Tempel 1 was taken 67 seconds after it obliterated NASA's Deep Impact's impactor spacecraft.
PIA02137:
Tempel Alive with Light
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-08 Hartley 2 Deep Impact
 Medium Resolution Instrument (MRI)
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This first image of comet 103P/Hartley 2 was taken from NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft 60 days prior to the spacecraft's flyby of the comet.
PIA13374:
Deep Impact Spacecraft's First Glimpse of Comet Hartley 2
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-04-27 Tempel 1 Deep Impact
 Medium Resolution Instrument (MRI)
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Deep Impact Spots Quarry
PIA07879:
Deep Impact Spots Quarry
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-06-16 Tempel 1 Deep Impact
 Medium Resolution Instrument (MRI)
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Deep Impact View of Tempel 1
PIA07998:
Deep Impact View of Tempel 1
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 Medium Resolution Instrument (MRI)
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Deep Impact View of Tempel 1
PIA03297:
Deep Impact View of Tempel 1
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 Medium Resolution Instrument (MRI)
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Deep Impact View of Tempel 1
PIA03298:
Deep Impact View of Tempel 1
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-06-19 Tempel 1 Deep Impact
 Medium Resolution Instrument (MRI)
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Tempel Poses Next to a Star
PIA03299:
Tempel Poses Next to a Star
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-06-24 Tempel 1 Deep Impact
 Medium Resolution Instrument (MRI)
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Capturing the Coma
PIA02101:
Capturing the Coma
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-06-25 Tempel 1 Deep Impact
 Medium Resolution Instrument (MRI)
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I Spy a Comet!
PIA02102:
I Spy a Comet!
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-06-26 Tempel 1 Deep Impact
 Medium Resolution Instrument (MRI)
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Comet Dead Ahead
PIA02103:
Comet Dead Ahead
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-06-27 Tempel 1 Deep Impact
 Medium Resolution Instrument (MRI)
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On Course for a Comet
PIA02104:
On Course for a Comet
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-06-29 Tempel 1 Deep Impact
 Medium Resolution Instrument (MRI)
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Closing in on a Comet
PIA02112:
Closing in on a Comet
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-07-01 Tempel 1 Deep Impact
 Medium Resolution Instrument (MRI)
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Analyzing a Cometary 'Sneeze'
PIA02111:
Analyzing a Cometary 'Sneeze'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-06-30 Tempel 1 Deep Impact
 Medium Resolution Instrument (MRI)
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Headed Toward the Light
PIA02113:
Headed Toward the Light
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-07-01 Tempel 1 Deep Impact
 Medium Resolution Instrument (MRI)
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Less Than Three Days Away!
PIA02114:
Less Than Three Days Away!
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-07-04 Tempel 1 Deep Impact
 Medium Resolution Instrument (MRI)
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Separation Anxiety Over for Deep Impact
PIA02115:
Separation Anxiety Over for Deep Impact
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 Medium Resolution Instrument (MRI)
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Bull's Eye!
PIA02121:
Bull's Eye!
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-28 Tempel 1 Deep Impact
 Medium Resolution Instrument (MRI)
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NASA's Deep Impact's Tempel 1 Mission Update. Images of impact taken with the medium resolution imager. The blue dotted line is the position of the spectrometer's slit.
PIA02144:
Tempel 1 Mission Update
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Tempel 1 Nucleus
PIA02119:
Tempel 1 Nucleus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-07-04 Tempel 1 Deep Impact
 High Resolution Instrument (HRI)
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This image shows the initial ejecta that resulted when NASA's Deep Impact probe collided with comet Tempel 1 on July 3, 2005. It was taken by the spacecraft's high-resolution camera 13 seconds after impact.
PIA02123:
Gone in a Flash
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 High Resolution Instrument (HRI)
Infrared Spectrometer
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This image composite shows comet Tempel 1 in infrared light . The infrared picture highlights the warm, or sunlit, side of the comet, where NASA's Deep Impact probe later hit.
PIA02132:
Sunny Side of a Comet
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-07-04 Tempel 1 Deep Impact
 High Resolution Instrument (HRI)
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NASA's Deep Impact's flyby spacecraft shows the flash that occurred when comet Tempel 1 ran over the spacecraft's probe taken by the high-resolution camera over a period of 40 seconds.
PIA02134:
Capturing the Flash Animation Icon
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 High Resolution Instrument (HRI)
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This false-color image shows comet Tempel 1 about 50 minutes after NASA's Deep Impact's probe smashed into its surface. The impact site is located on the far side of the comet in this view.
PIA02139:
Comet Tempel's Silhouette
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-07-11 Tempel 1 Deep Impact
 High Resolution Instrument (HRI)
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NASA's Deep Impact's flyby spacecraft took this image after it turned around to capture last shots of a receding comet Tempel 1. Earlier, the mission's probe had smashed into the surface of Tempel 1.
PIA02140:
Tempel Fades into Night Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-07-20 Tempel 1 Deep Impact
 High Resolution Instrument (HRI)
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The image depicts the first moments after NASA's Deep Impact's probe interfaced with comet Tempel 1. The illuminated, and possibly incandescent, debris is expanding from the impact site.
PIA02141:
First Contact
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-04-27 Tempel 1 Deep Impact
 Impactor Targeting Sensor (ITS)
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Tempel 1 First Op-Nav
PIA07880:
Tempel 1 First Op-Nav
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-07-04 Tempel 1 Deep Impact
 Impactor Targeting Sensor (ITS)
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Impactor Eyes Comet Target
PIA02116:
Impactor Eyes Comet Target
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-07-04 Tempel 1 Deep Impact
 Impactor Targeting Sensor (ITS)
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Face-to-Face With a Comet
PIA02120:
Face-to-Face With a Comet
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-07-04 Tempel 1 Deep Impact
 Impactor Targeting Sensor (ITS)
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Before the Crash
PIA02124:
Before the Crash
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-07-04 Tempel 1 Deep Impact
 Impactor Targeting Sensor (ITS)
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Blinded by the Jets
PIA02126:
Blinded by the Jets
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-07-04 Tempel 1 Deep Impact
 Impactor Targeting Sensor (ITS)
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Hit Me With Your Best Shot
PIA02127:
Hit Me With Your Best Shot
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-07-04 Tempel 1 Deep Impact
 Impactor Targeting Sensor (ITS)
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So Close You Can Almost Touch It
PIA02128:
So Close You Can Almost Touch It
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-07-04 Tempel 1 Deep Impact
 Impactor Targeting Sensor (ITS)
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Untouched Tempel
PIA02129:
Untouched Tempel
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-07-04 Tempel 1 Deep Impact
 Impactor Targeting Sensor (ITS)
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When NASA's Deep Impact probe collided with Tempel 1, a bright, small flash was created, which rapidly expanded above the surface of the comet. This flash lasted for more than a second.
PIA02131:
Moment of Impact
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-07-04 Tempel 1 Deep Impact
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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.
PIA02135:
One-Way Trip to Tempel Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-07-06 Tempel 1 Deep Impact
 Impactor Targeting Sensor (ITS)
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This image of the surface of comet Tempel 1 was taken about 20 seconds before NASA's Deep Impact's probe crashed into the comet on July 3, 2005. This particular region contains the impact site.
PIA02138:
Wipe Out
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 Medium Resolution Instrument (MRI)
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This image shows comet Tempel 1 as seen by NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft on June 20, 2005. The object on the right is a star.
PIA02100:
Getting Closer
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-07-01 Tempel 1 Deep Impact
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This image is from an animation that chronicles the travels of NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft, from its launch in January of 2005 to its dramatic impact 172 days later with comet Tempel 1.
PIA02106:
The Road to Tempel (Artist's Concept) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-02-05 Comet Deep Impact
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This frame from an animation series of images of comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) was taken by the Medium-Resolution Imager of NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft over a 36-hour period on Jan. 17 and 18, 2013.
PIA16748:
NASA'S Deep Impact Spacecraft Images Comet ISON Animation Icon
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 Medium Resolution Instrument (MRI)
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Journey to a Comet (Animation)
PIA02117:
Journey to a Comet (Animation) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-07-04 Tempel 1 Deep Impact
 Impactor Targeting Sensor (ITS)
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We're Going In!
PIA02125:
We're Going In! Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-07-04 Tempel 1 Deep Impact
 Medium Resolution Instrument (MRI)
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This movie was taken by Deep Impact's flyby spacecraft shows the flash that occurred when comet Tempel 1 ran over the spacecraft's probe. It was taken by the flyby craft's medium-resolution camera.
PIA02130:
Impactor No More (Animation) Animation Icon
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 Medium Resolution Instrument (MRI)
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Cometary 'Sneeze'
PIA02105:
Cometary 'Sneeze' Animation Icon
Full Resolution:     TIFF (72.3 kB)     JPEG (8.569 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1999-08-03 Braille Deep Space 1 (DS1)
 Miniature Integrated Camera Spectrometer
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Composite View of Asteroid Braille from Deep Space 1
PIA01344:
Composite View of Asteroid Braille from Deep Space 1
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 Miniature Integrated Camera Spectrometer
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Enhanced Image of Asteroid Braille from Deep Space 1
PIA01345:
Enhanced Image of Asteroid Braille from Deep Space 1
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-11-03 Borrelly Deep Space 1 (DS1)
 Miniature Integrated Camera Spectrometer
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Several Jets and a Crater on Comet Borrelly
PIA03501:
Several Jets and a Crater on Comet Borrelly
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 Miniature Integrated Camera Spectrometer
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Comet Borrelly's Varied Landscape
PIA03504:
Comet Borrelly's Varied Landscape
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 Miniature Integrated Camera Spectrometer
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Jets on Comet Borrelly
PIA03505:
Jets on Comet Borrelly
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-05-09 Borrelly Deep Space 1 (DS1)
 Star Tracker
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Artist's Concept of Deep Space 1 Encounter with Comet Borrelly
PIA04496:
Artist's Concept of Deep Space 1 Encounter with Comet Borrelly
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-07-02 Borrelly Deep Space 1 (DS1)
 Ion Engine
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Deep Space 1 Using its Ion Engine (Artist's Concept)
PIA04604:
Deep Space 1 Using its Ion Engine (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-11-04 Borrelly Deep Space 1 (DS1)
 Miniature Integrated Camera Spectrometer
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Highest Resolution Comet Picture Ever Reveals Rugged Terrain - Deep Space 1
PIA03500:
Highest Resolution Comet Picture Ever Reveals Rugged Terrain - Deep Space 1
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-11-03 Borrelly Deep Space 1 (DS1)
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Comet Borrelly Slows Solar Wind
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Comet Borrelly Slows Solar Wind
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-11-03 Borrelly Deep Space 1 (DS1)
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Comet Borrelly Nucleus Found to the Side
PIA03503:
Comet Borrelly Nucleus Found to the Side
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Early Close Image of Comet Borrelly
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Early Close Image of Comet Borrelly
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-10-08 Borrelly Deep Space 1 (DS1)
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A composite of images from NASA's Deep Space 1 spacecraft shows features of comet Borrelly's nucleus, dust jets escaping the nucleus and the cloud-like 'coma' of dust and gases surrounding the nucleus.
PIA03865:
Composite of Comet Borrelly's Nucleus, Jets, Coma
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-26 Tempel 1 EPOXI
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EPOXI's Trip to Meet Comet Hartley 2
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EPOXI's Trip to Meet Comet Hartley 2
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-26 Hartley 2 EPOXI
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This image from NASA's EPOXI mission shows Hartley 2 moving across the background field of stars. The coma, or cloud of gas and dust around the comet, expands and brightens over this time period. Animation available at the Photojournal.
PIA13547:
Hartley 2 on the Move
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-26 Hartley 2 EPOXI
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This artist's concept shows a view of NASA's EPOXI mission spacecraft during its Nov. 4, 2010 flyby of comet Hartley 2. The fluffy shell around the comet, called a coma, is made up of gas and dust that blew off the comet's core, or nucleus.
PIA13548:
Comet Hartley 2 Gets a Visitor (Artist Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-11-03 Hartley 2 EPOXI
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NASA's EPOXI mission took this image of comet Hartley 2 on Nov. 2, 2010. The spacecraft will fly by the comet on Nov. 4, 2010. The white blob and the halo around it are the comet's outer cloud of gas and dust, called a coma.
PIA13566:
Comet Hartley 2 Looms Large in the Sky
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-11-04 Hartley 2 EPOXI
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Spacecraft Images Comet Target's Jets
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Spacecraft Images Comet Target's Jets Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-11-05 Hartley 2 EPOXI
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This close-up view of comet Hartley 2 was taken as NASA's EPOXI mission approached the comet at 6:58 a.m. PDT (9:58 a.m. EDT).
PIA13578:
Closing in on Comet Hartley 2
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Evidence for a First-of-Its-Kind Comet Jet
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Evidence for a First-of-Its-Kind Comet Jet
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-11-04 Hartley 2 EPOXI
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Fab Five
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Fab Five
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-11-04 Hartley 2 EPOXI
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This image montage shows comet Hartley 2 as NASA's EPOXI mission approached and flew under the comet. The images progress in time clockwise, starting at the top left.
PIA13577:
Flying Under Comet Hartley 2
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Comet Hartley 2 can be seen in glorious detail in this image from NASA's EPOXI mission. It was taken as the spacecraft flew by around 6:59 a.m. PDT (9:59 a.m. EDT), from a distance of about 700 kilometers (435 miles).
PIA13570:
Introducing Comet Hartley 2
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This close-up view of comet Hartley 2 was taken as NASA's EPOXI mission approached the comet at 6:59 a.m. PDT (9:59 a.m. EDT).
PIA13579:
Almost There at Comet Hartley 2
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This close-up view of comet Hartley 2 was taken at 7:00 a.m. PDT (10 a.m. EDT), after NASA's EPOXI mission flew by.
PIA13600:
Slipping By Comet Hartley 2
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This close-up view of comet Hartley 2 was taken at 7:00 a.m. PDT (10 a.m. EDT), after NASA's EPOXI mission flew by.
PIA13601:
Leaving Comet Hartley 2
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Flight of the Comet
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Flight of the Comet Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-11-18 Hartley 2 EPOXI
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This image from the High-Resolution Instrument on NASA's EPOXI mission spacecraft shows part of the nucleus of comet Hartley 2. The sun is illuminating the nucleus from the right. A distinct cloud of individual particles is visible.
PIA13622:
Hartley 2, Close Up
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Icy Particle Spray
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Icy Particle Spray Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-11-18 Hartley 2 EPOXI
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The Many Faces of Hartley 2
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The Many Faces of Hartley 2
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-11-04 Hartley 2 EPOXI
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Carbon Dioxide Fluctuations in Comet Hartley 2
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Carbon Dioxide Fluctuations in Comet Hartley 2
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