Epoxi Swings By Comet Hartley 2
NASA’s Epoxi spacecraft flew by comet Hartley 2 from a distance of 435 mi. at 9:59 a.m. EDT Nov. 4, capturing strikingly clear images of its nucleus and making Epoxi the only spacecraft ever to image two different comets. Epoxi is the repurposed Deep Impact, which deployed an impactor to strike...
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