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EPOXI

Two intriguing investigations -- One flight-proven spacecraft

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Isn't this cool?! On 29 May, EPOXI looked at Earth as part of its mission. One of the objectives was to also characterize the Earth as an exoplanet. Well, the moon was getting ready to transit in front of the Earth.
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Mission Status
[25 Jun] EPOCh observations will resume on June 27, and continue until August 31. This period of "contingency" observations will replace the science lost during the safe mode entry and telecom problems experienced in the spring. The targets for the contingent observations are ...

SPECIAL FEATURES

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EPOXI Newsletter
A short update straight into your mailbox about what's happening in the EPOXI mission.
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EPOCh Targets
Which planets and stars will EPOCh closely watch for the next couple of months?

GENERAL FEATURES

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Mission Status
Very short updates about how the mission is going. Latest report: 2008-Jun-25
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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.

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."

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.

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RELATED SITES

Deep Impact
Live pages at UM.
PlanetQuest
Exoplanet Exploration.
EPOXI
NASA Portal site.

RELATED MULTIMEDIA

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Deep Impact Science Results
Deep Impact science team members have been analysing the results since 2005. This animation summarizes some of the major results.
Four Ways to Find a Planet.
Four Ways to Find a Planet
How do you find something if you can't see it? Here are some of the techniques used by scientists.