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Deep Impact Images Spectacular incoming Comet ISON – Curiosity & NASA Armada Will Try

February 6, 2013

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter Image Caption: This image of comet ISON (C/2012 S1) ) from NASA’s Deep Impact spacecraft clearly shows the coma and nucleus on Jan. 17/18, 2013 beyond the orbit of Jupiter. See the dramatic new movie sequence below. It combines all 146 [...]

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Stardust-NExT Unveils Astoundingly Detailed and Crater-rich Photos of Comet Tempel 1

February 15, 2011

NASA’s Stardust-NExT raced past Comet Tempel 1 overnight Feb 14/15 at over 10 km/sec or 24,000 MPH and is now sending back the 72 astoundingly detailed and crisp science images of Comet Tempel 1 taken during closest approach at 11:37 p.m. EST on Feb. 14. The high resolution images are amazingly sharp and clearly show [...]

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Stardust-NExT zooms by Comet Tempel 1 for Cosmic Encounter

February 15, 2011

NASA’s Stardust-NExT comet chaser successfully zoomed by Comet Temple 1 exactly as planned a short while ago at 11:37 p.m. EST on Feb. 14. The cosmic Valentine’s Day encounter between the icy comet and the aging probe went off without a hitch. Stardust snapped 72 science images as it raced by at over 10 km/sec [...]

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Romantic Valentines Day Encounter Looms with Icy Comet

February 13, 2011

At last, NASA embraces a romantic rendezvous in the dark void of deep space. And soon the whole world can watch the up close meet up of the hot Stardust probe and the volatile, icy comet. The historic space tryst is less than a day away! The Stardust-NExT spacecraft successfully hot fired its thrusters for [...]

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Stardust NExT Targets Valentines Day Encounter with Comet Tempel 1

January 19, 2011

After a more than decade long journey of 6 billion kilometers, hopes are high for a celestial date in space between an icy comet and a thrusting probe on Valentine’s Day 2011. The rendezvous in space between NASA’s approaching Stardust-NExT spacecraft and Comet Tempel 1 takes place nearly on the exact opposite side of the [...]

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