Waspie_Dwarf Posted September 20, 2013 #1 Share Posted September 20, 2013 NASA's Deep Space Comet Hunter Mission Comes to an End PASADENA, Calif. - After almost 9 years in space that included an unprecedented July 4th impact and subsequent flyby of a comet, an additional comet flyby, and the return of approximately 500,000 images of celestial objects, NASA's Deep Impact mission has ended.The project team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., has reluctantly pronounced the mission at an end after being unable to communicate with the spacecraft for over a month. The last communication with the probe was Aug. 8. Deep Impact was history's most traveled comet research mission, going about 4.7 billion miles (7.58 billion kilometers).. Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pallidin Posted September 20, 2013 #2 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Dang. How unfortunate. But I guess it did have a great life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asadora Posted September 20, 2013 #3 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Farewell, Deep Impact. May you finally rest in a quiet nebula. Thank you for all the data, we'll never forget you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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