Deep Impact spacecraft
NASA’s Deep Impact spacecraft released an impactor into comet 9P/Tempel 1 on 4 July 2005, providing the first direct observations of a comet interior; its flyby spacecraft was later reused for the EPOXI mission and encountered comet 103P/Hartley 2 in 2010.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Deep ImpactDeep Impact flyby spacecraftEPOXIDIXI
- Family Name
- Deep Impact
- Full Name
- Deep Impact spacecraft
- Roles
- interplanetary_probeflybyresearch
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- NASA’s Deep Impact spacecraft released an impactor into comet 9P/Tempel 1 on 4 July 2005, providing the first direct observations of a comet interior; its flyby spacecraft was later reused for the EPOXI mission and encountered comet 103P/Hartley 2 in 2010.
- First Flight Year
- 2,005
- Last Flight Year
- 2,013
- Spacecraft Specs
- Reusability
- expendable
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- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 14:39:43 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 14:39:43 UTC