Deep impact spacecraft to make last swing by Earth on way to second comet
Saturday, June 26, 2010 - 08:42
in Astronomy & Space
On Sunday, NASA's historic Deep Impact spacecraft will fly past Earth for the fifth and last time on its current University of Maryland-led EPOXI mission. At time of closest approach to Earth, the spacecraft will be about 30,400 kilometres (18,900 miles) above the South Atlantic...