News tagged with comet tempel 1
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Comet Hartley 2
(PhysOrg.com) -- The comet Hartley 2 is a relatively small and elongated comet - only about 0.6 x 0.4 kilometers in size. It orbits the sun every 6.46 years, getting as close to it as 1.05 astronomical units ...
Jun 15, 2011 |
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Sounds of Comet Tempel 1 smashing into Stardust-NExT
As Stardust-Next was racing past Comet Tempel at 9.8 km/sec, or 24,000 MPH, it encountered a hail of bullet like particles akin to a warplane meeting the fury of armed resistance fighters which potentially ...
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Feb 24, 2011 |
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Stardust flyby '1,000 percent successful'
In most cases, a Valentine's Day rendezvous that resembles a flight through artillery fire is less than ideal.
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Feb 21, 2011 |
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NASA releases images of man-made crater on comet
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Stardust spacecraft returned new images of a comet showing a scar resulting from the 2005 Deep Impact mission. The images also showed the comet has a fragile and weak nucleus.
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Feb 16, 2011 |
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NASA's Stardust spacecraft completes comet flyby, sending photos back to Earth
(PhysOrg.com) -- Mission controllers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., watched as data downlinked from the Stardust spacecraft indicated it completed its closest approach with comet Tempel ...
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Feb 15, 2011 |
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The two faces of Tempel 1
(PhysOrg.com) -- Just one year before its Feb. 14 encounter with comet Tempel 1, NASA's Stardust spacecraft performed the largest rocket burn of its extended life. With the spacecraft on the opposite side ...
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Feb 14, 2011 |
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NASA craft readies for Valentine comet encounter
A NASA spacecraft is ready to get up close and personal with its comet sweetheart.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 14, 2011 |
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Two-timing spacecraft has date with another comet (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Stardust spacecraft, equipped with the University of Chicago's Dust Flux Monitor Instrument (DFMI), is hurtling at more than 24,000 miles an hour toward a Valentine's Day encounter ...
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Feb 13, 2011 |
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Five things about NASA's Valentine's day comet
Here are five facts you should know about NASA's Stardust-NExT spacecraft as it prepares for a Valentine's "date" with comet Tempel 1. Feel free to sing along!
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 11, 2011 |
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Stardust celebrates twelve years with rocket burn
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Stardust spacecraft marked its 12th anniversary in space on Monday, Feb. 7, with a rocket burn to further refine its path toward a Feb. 14 date with a comet.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 09, 2011 |
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Stardust spacecraft adjusts flight path for comet meetup
(PhysOrg.com) -- Just over two weeks before its flyby of comet Tempel 1, NASA's Stardust spacecraft fired its thrusters to help refine its flight path toward the comet. The Stardust-NExT mission will fly past ...
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Feb 02, 2011 |
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NASA comet hunter spots its Valentine
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Stardust spacecraft has downlinked its first images of comet Tempel 1, the target of a flyby planned for Valentine's Day, Feb. 14. The images were taken on Jan. 18 and 19 from a distance ...
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Jan 27, 2011 |
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NASA plans Valentine's date with a comet
Like two strangers in the night, a US spacecraft and a speeding comet will dash by one another on Valentine's Day, NASA said Wednesday, and skywatchers are eager to see what happens.
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Jan 19, 2011 |
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NASA spacecraft burns for another comet flyby
(PhysOrg.com) -- Eighty-six days out from its appointment with a comet, NASA's Stardust spacecraft fired its thrusters to help refine its flight path. The Stardust-NExT mission will fly past comet Tempel 1 ...
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Nov 23, 2010 |
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NASA Deep Impact spacecraft flies by small comet (Update)
A NASA spacecraft sped past a small comet Thursday, beaming pictures back to Earth that gave scientists a rare close-up view of its center. Mission controllers burst into applause upon seeing images from the ...
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Nov 04, 2010 |
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