Images of Comet Tempel 1

Icy Visitor from Beyond
This visitor from deep space, seen here by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, is comet Hartley 2 -- the destination for NASA's EPOXI mission.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA
+ Full image and caption

Sounds of a Comet Encounter
During its Feb. 14, 2011, flyby of comet Tempel 1, an instrument on the protective shield on NASA's Stardust spacecraft was pelted by dust particles and small rocks, as can be heard in this audio track.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Maryland
+ Full image, caption, and sound bit

Tempel 1 Impact Site
This pair of images shows the before-and-after comparison of the part of comet Tempel 1 that was hit by the impactor from NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Maryland
+ Full image and caption




Tempel 1 Impact Site
This pair of images shows the before-and-after comparison of the part of comet Tempel 1 that was hit by the impactor from NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Maryland
+ Full image and caption



Comet Tempel 1 Six Years Later
This image shows the surface of comet Tempel 1 as seen before and after NASA's Deep Impact mission sent a probe into the comet in 2005.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell/Univ. of Maryland
+ Full image and caption




New Territory on Tempel 1
This image obtained by NASA's Stardust spacecraft shows a side of the nucleus of comet Tempel 1 that has never been seen before.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Maryland
+ Full image and caption

1   2  Next