How We Hit That Sucker: The Story of Deep Impact

Author: Owen, Jr., William M.

Published in: Engineering and Science, Volume 69, Number 4, 2006, pp. 10-19

Part of: Engineering and Science, Volume 69:4, 2006

Item Category: Feature Articles

Persistent URL: https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechES:69.4.Impact

Abstract

If a spacecraft heads east from Canaveral at 25,000 miles per hour and a comet heads south from Chicago... JPL's navigation team solves a story problem.

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