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Username: Aavakaaya
Post Number: 817
Registered: 04-2004
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| | Posted on Monday, July 04, 2005 - 4:55 am: |    |
A space probe hit its comet target early on Monday in a NASA-directed, Hollywood-style mission that scientists hope will reveal clues to how the solar system formed.
It marked the first time a spacecraft had touched the surface of a comet, and ignited a dazzling fireworks display in space.
The successful strike 83 million miles (134 million kilometres) away from earth occurred just before 11.30 IST, according to mission control at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, which is managing the $333 million (euro275 million) mission.
Scientists at mission control erupted in applause and hugged each other as news of the impact spread.
It was a milestone for the US Space agency, which hopes the experiment will answer basic questions about the origins of the solar system.
The cosmic smash-up did not significantly alter the comet's orbit around the sun and NASA said the experiment does not pose any danger to Earth.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1420200,000 40005.htm
Message from my friend :
Dear all,
here is a small movie from NASA website about deep impact approach of
comet Tempel 1. Impact is scheduled today at 7h46 (Paris time) or (9h46
local time).
This movie shows Deep Impact's approach to comet Tempel 1. It is made
up of images taken by the spacecraft's medium-resolution camera from
May 1 to July 2, 3:50 Universal Time. The spacecraft detected three
outbursts during this time period, on June 14, June 22 and July 2. The
outbursts appear as flickers or bursts of light. The movie ends during
the middle of the final outburst.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UMD
More details about this fascinating adventure on :
http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3244,36-668724@51
-627749,0.html
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/deepimpact/main/ ?skipIntro=1
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