NASA Deep Impact Mission

Filed in: Technology, Video Clips — July 5th, 2005

 

Comets are time capsules that hold clues about the formation and evolution of the solar system. They are composed of ice, gas and dust, primitive debris from the solar system’s distant and coldest regions that formed 4.5 billion years ago. Deep Impact, a NASA Discovery Mission, is the first space mission to probe beneath the surface of a comet and reveal the secrets of its interior.

More “Deep Impact” news, images and videos at NASA.

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  • Saw the news about this, pretty neat stuff like something from a Sci Fi movie :D
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