This montage from NASA EPOXI mission shows the only five comets imaged up close with spacecraft. The comets vary in shape and size. Comet Hartley 2 is by far the smallest and the most active of small comets.
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Comet ISON makes its appearance into the higher-resolution HI-1 camera on the STEREO-A spacecraft. The dark "clouds" coming from the right are density enhancements in the solar wind, causing all the ripples in comet Encke's tail. These kinds of sola…
Ver en NASA ↗This image shows comet Tempel 1 sixty seconds before it ran over NASA Deep Impact probe at 10:52 p.m. Pacific time, July 3 1:52 a.m. Eastern time, July 4., 2005.
Ver en NASA ↗Comet Hartley 2 can be seen in glorious detail in this image from NASA 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.
Ver en NASA ↗KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Deep Impact spacecraft leaves Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., in the pre-dawn hours on a journey to Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. There the spacecraft will be attached to the second…
Ver en NASA ↗KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., technicians install a crane onto the upper canister before lifting it to install around the Deep Impact spacecraft. Once the spacecraft is completely covered, it will be transfer…
Ver en NASA ↗KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - From a vantage point above, a worker observes the Deep Impact spacecraft exposed after removal of the canister and protective cover. Next the fairing will be installed around the spacecraft. The fairing is a molded structure that…
Ver en NASA ↗KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., the Deep Impact spacecraft is secure in the canister for its move to Launch Pad 17-B on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Then, in the mobile service tower, the fairing wil…
Ver en NASA ↗KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., Boeing technicians watch as an overhead crane lowers the Deep Impact spacecraft onto the Delta II third stage for mating. When the spacecraft and third stage are mated, they will …
Ver en NASA ↗KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the mobile service tower on Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., workers watch as the protective cover surrounding the Deep Impact spacecraft is lifted away. Next the fairing will be installed around the s…
Ver en NASA ↗KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., the Deep Impact spacecraft is mated to the Boeing Delta II third stage. When the spacecraft and third stage are mated, they will be moved to Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air …
Ver en NASA ↗KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., technicians lower the upper canister toward the Deep Impact spacecraft. It will be attached to the lower segments already surrounding the spacecraft. Once the spacecraft is compl…
Ver en NASA ↗KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Deep Impact spacecraft is lifted into the top of the mobile service tower on Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. the spacecraft will be attached to the second stage of the Boeing Delta II rocket. Next t…
Ver en NASA ↗KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., Boeing technicians attach the upper canister with the lower segments surrounding the Deep Impact spacecraft. Once the spacecraft is completely covered, it will be transferred to L…
Ver en NASA ↗KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., Boeing technicians place the lower segments of a protective canister around the Deep Impact spacecraft. Once the spacecraft is completely covered, it will be transferred to Launch…
Ver en NASA ↗KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., Boeing technicians roll the Deep Impact spacecraft into another area where the upper canister can be lowered around it. Once the spacecraft is completely covered, it will be trans…
Ver en NASA ↗KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Deep Impact spacecraft waits at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., for placement of a protective cover before the canister is installed around it. Once the spacecraft is completely covered, it will be transferred …
Ver en NASA ↗KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the mobile service tower on Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., workers begin lowering the Deep Impact spacecraft toward the second stage of the Boeing Delta II launch vehicle below for mating. Next the f…
Ver en NASA ↗KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., technicians lower the upper canister toward the Deep Impact spacecraft. It will be attached to the lower segments already surrounding the spacecraft. Once the spacecraft is compl…
Ver en NASA ↗KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., Boeing technicians oversee the final movement of the Deep Impact spacecraft being lowered onto the Delta II third stage for mating. When the spacecraft and third stage are mated, …
Ver en NASA ↗KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Deep Impact spacecraft is lifted from its transporter into the mobile service tower on Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. the spacecraft will be attached to the second stage of the Boeing Delta II rocke…
Ver en NASA ↗KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., Boeing technicians attach a crane to the Deep Impact spacecraft in order to move it to the Delta II third stage at left for mating. When the spacecraft and third stage are mated, …
Ver en NASA ↗KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Deep Impact spacecraft arrives before dawn at the mobile service tower on Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The spacecraft will be attached to the second stage of the Boeing Delta II rocket. Next the …
Ver en NASA ↗KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., Boeing technicians oversee the final movement of the Deep Impact spacecraft being lowered onto the Delta II third stage for mating. When the spacecraft and third stage are mated, …
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