Tuesday, February 15, 2011

First images of comet Tempel 1...

taken yesterday by the Stardust-NExT spacecraft showing the object's nucleus have been received, and more images can be viewed here as they are downloaded.

UPDATE:  Here's a nice closeup.

UPDATED UPDATE:  Here's an image gallery from the NASA/JPL news conference this afternoon.
Posted by J.P. Buchanan at 9:45 AM
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