Cheers And Job Well Done From Europe On Deep Impact Mission
Success
Leaders of the nation's richest and most powerful nations may be
having some trouble getting along at the G8 Summit in Europe this
week, but the same certainly can't be said about their space
agencies.
The hyper-speed demise of NASA's Deep Impact probe generated an
immense flash of light, which provided an excellent light source
for the two cameras on the Deep Impact mothership. Deep Impact
scientists theorize the 820-pound impactor vaporized deep below the
comet's surface when the two collided at 0152 July 4, at a speed of
about 10 kilometers per second (6.3 miles per second or 23,000
miles per hour).
The NASA ER-2 airplane flew its first science mission as part of
the Tropical Cloud Systems and Processes (TCSP) program on the
morning of July 2nd. The flight originated from TCSP's base of
operations at Juan Santa Maria Airport in San Jose, Costa Rica.
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