Sentences with phrase «launches deep impact»

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As Stardust heads back to Earth with its flecks of Wild 2, Deep Impact will be getting ready to launch an 820 - pound copper bullet into comet Tempel 1.

Deep Impact Original Mission: The $ 333 million probe, launched in 2005 to shoot a copper slug into the heart of comet Tempel 1, revealed organic molecules and water ice.

In addition, the collision with a 372 - kilogram (820 - pound) projectile launched by NASA's Deep Impact probe in 2005 has created a 150 - meter - wide (490 - foot - wide) crater with a small mound in the center, as some of the ejecta of the impact apparently fell back down within the crater, but the crater's relatively soft outline indicates that its edges have undergone significant changes since the 2005 impact (NASA / STARDUST / NExT news release; Astronomy Picture of the Day; David Shiga, New Scientist, February 15, 2011; Jonathan Amos, BBC News, February 15, 2011; and Richard A. Lovett, Nature News, February 15, Impact probe in 2005 has created a 150 - meter - wide (490 - foot - wide) crater with a small mound in the center, as some of the ejecta of the impact apparently fell back down within the crater, but the crater's relatively soft outline indicates that its edges have undergone significant changes since the 2005 impact (NASA / STARDUST / NExT news release; Astronomy Picture of the Day; David Shiga, New Scientist, February 15, 2011; Jonathan Amos, BBC News, February 15, 2011; and Richard A. Lovett, Nature News, February 15, impact apparently fell back down within the crater, but the crater's relatively soft outline indicates that its edges have undergone significant changes since the 2005 impact (NASA / STARDUST / NExT news release; Astronomy Picture of the Day; David Shiga, New Scientist, February 15, 2011; Jonathan Amos, BBC News, February 15, 2011; and Richard A. Lovett, Nature News, February 15, impact (NASA / STARDUST / NExT news release; Astronomy Picture of the Day; David Shiga, New Scientist, February 15, 2011; Jonathan Amos, BBC News, February 15, 2011; and Richard A. Lovett, Nature News, February 15, 2011).

Deep Impact was re-routed after its 2005 visit and launch of an impactor into the surface of Comet Temple 1 (another short - period comet with a 5.5 - year orbit), which created a plume of ice and dust that was analyzed for its chemical composition.

So when Armageddon picks up steam with the shuttle launch at about the one - hour mark, it is momentum of the hard - driving, Hollywood action sort that takes over, not the subtle, surprising poignance that Deep Impact eventually took on.

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