Posted by Davin Flateau on 4 Jul 2005 at 11:00 am.
Filed under Astronomy.
NASA sums up the spectacular event like this: “After 172 days and 431 million kilometers (268 million miles) of deep space stalking, Deep Impact successfully reached out and touched comet Tempel 1.”
Comet Tempel 1 at 12:52 pm, just 13 seconds after impact.
Comet Tempel 1, 16 seconds after impact.
The Hubble Space Telescope sees the results of smashing an 820-pound spacecraft into a comet.
