One-Way Trip to Tempel Target Name:   Comet Tempel 1 Spacecraft:   Deep Impact Instrument:   Impactor Targeting Sensor Produced by:   University of Maryland Copyright:  NASA Copyright Free Policy Cross Reference:   PIA02135 Date Taken:   3 July 2005

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Quick Time Movie for PIA02135 Impactor Targeting Sensor Approach

This movie shows Deep Impact's impactor probe approaching comet Tempel 1. It is made up of images taken by the probe's impactor targeting sensor. The probe collided with the comet at 10:52 p.m. Pacific time, July 3 (1:52 a.m. Eastern time, July 4).