Deep Impact / EPOXI
NASA's Deep Impact Discovery mission sent an impactor into comet Tempel 1 while its flyby spacecraft observed the excavated material. The surviving spacecraft was reused as EPOXI for exoplanet observations and a successful flyby of comet Hartley 2.
Identity
- Aliases
- Deep ImpactEPOXIExtrasolar Planet Observation and Deep Impact Extended Investigation
- Name
- Deep Impact / EPOXI
- Slug
- deep-impact-epoxi
- Status
- completed
Details
- Description
- NASA's Deep Impact Discovery mission sent an impactor into comet Tempel 1 while its flyby spacecraft observed the excavated material. The surviving spacecraft was reused as EPOXI for exoplanet observations and a successful flyby of comet Hartley 2.
- End Date
- 2013-09-20
- Launch Site Id
- qh7422164wy3ft5y6fa3dk60ah8afkef
- Outcome
- Success. Deep Impact intentionally struck comet Tempel 1 and revealed subsurface ice, dust, and organic material while the flyby spacecraft returned thousands of images. Reused as EPOXI, the spacecraft conducted extensive exoplanet observations and successfully flew by comet Hartley 2 before communications were lost in August 2013 and recovery efforts ended on September 20.
- Program
- Discovery Program
- Start Date
- 2005-01-12
- Vehicle Family Ids
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- Vehicle Id
- nh7wvpstwxa9mvnn6kb621hs418aq6m7
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- Creation Time
- 7/17/2026, 12:01:46 AM
- Updated Time
- 7/17/2026, 12:02:35 AM
Other
- Affiliations
- Organization Id
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- Role
- Lead agency
- Organization Id
- vn72dqhfabtqra13r4mw1f0jzx8anqak
- Role
- Mission management and flight operations
- Organization Id
- vn70dnttnfr535zsc72zd8f0th8apjj9
- Role
- Principal investigator institution and science leadership
- Organization Id
- jd719gpm400m50p0prn6hyxpp58aqnbk
- Role
- Flyby spacecraft, impactor, and instrument developer
- Organization Id
- jd7atcy8qz2mwf1b5bcd0ckw8s7kp4gj
- Role
- Launch vehicle provider