Comets

Sounds of Comet Tempel 1 smashing into Stardust-NExT

As Stardust-Next was racing past Comet Tempel at 9.8 km/sec, or 24,000 MPH, it encountered a hail of bullet like

This pair of images shows the before-and-after comparison of the part of comet Tempel 1 that was hit by the

### Comet Tempel 1 as Seen by NASA’s Stardust NASA’s Stardust-NExT mission took this image of comet Tempel 1 at

Siding Spring Comet found by the WISE spacecraft. credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA An old story got new legs this week as word

NASA’s Stardust-NExT mission spacecraft will fly by comet Tempel 1 on Monday evening. Live coverage on NASA TV and via

NASA’s Romantic Rendezvous in Space on Valentine’s Day – Feb. 14 The planned Valentine’s Day (Feb. 14, 2011) rendezvous between

During its one-year mission, NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, mapped the entire sky in infrared light. Among the

This week on The Space Show… Monday, January 24, 2011 , 2-3:30 PM PST: This is a recorded interview with

NASA MISSION UPDATE NASA’s Stardust-NExT spacecraft is nearing a celestial date with comet Tempel 1 at approximately 8:37 p.m. PST

Stardust-NExT: 2 Comet Flybys with 1 Spacecraft Stardust-NExT makes history on Valentine’s Day – February, 14, 2011 – Tempel 1