EPOXI

Two intriguing investigations -- One flight-proven spacecraft

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[28 Apr] The spacecraft's signal strength has returned to expected performance after losing about 8dB during perihelion (closest point to the sun). At the end of last week, as the spacecraft cooled (a combination of moving further from the sun and all instruments being turned off), telemetry strength returned. Observations for EPOCh are scheduled to be resumed at the end of this week.

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SPECIAL FEATURES

EPOCh Targets

Which planets and stars will EPOCh closely watch for the next couple of months?

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GENERAL FEATURES

Mission Status

Very short updates about how the mission is going. Latest report: 2008-Apr-28

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Glossary

We will be quickly developing this website over the next few months. The Glossary and FAQs are good places to start though.

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MULTIMEDIA FEATURES

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JPL Podcast: A Tale of Two Planets -- One Hot, One Windy

"Narrator: A tale of two planets - one hot, one windy. I'm Jane Platt with a podcast from JPL - NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California."

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NEWS FEATURES

2008.02.07 - NASA's Deep Impact Begins Hunt for Alien Worlds

NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft is aiming its largest telescope at five stars in a search for alien (exosolar) planets as it enters its extended mission, called EPOXI.

2007.12.31 - Deep Impact Team 'Celebrates' New Year's Eve with Earth Flyby

On New Year's Eve the University of Maryland-led Deep Impact team again is celebrating a holiday in a way that few can match, as their Deep Impact spacecraft "buzzes" the Earth on a flyby that marks the beginning of a more than two-and-a-half-year journey to comet Hartley 2.