Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Title:
Deep Impact on Launch Pad
Original Caption Released with Image:
Deep Impact awaits launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. on Jan. 12, 2005.

The spacecraft will travel to comet Tempel 1 and release an impactor, creating a crater on the surface of the comet. Scientists believe the exposed materials may give clues to the formation of our solar system.
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Caltech
Produced By:
California Institute of Technology
Mission:
Deep Impact
Spacecraft:
Deep Impact
Product Size:
1920 samples x 2560 lines
facet_what:
Crater
facet_what:
Impactor
facet_what:
Deep Impact
facet_where:
California
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Image #:
PIA07292
UID:
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA07292
orignial url:

Deep Impact on Launch Pad