Monday, July 04, 2005

Bullseye

Bullseye

Ever hit a bullet with another bullet? JPL did last night, from a gun they fired six months ago. The Deep Impact spacecraft slammed into comet Tempel-1, creating a spectacle:

the impactor approaches the comet



just before impact



view of impact from flyby craft



Congratulations to the Jet Propulsion Lab.

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