Meet Jennifer Rocca
From pretending her Barbie Dolls were explorers from other planets to managing the Launch Countdown Procedure for the Deep Impact mission, Jennifer has had a long and interesting journey, but it was a trip to Huntsville, Alabama at the age of eight that finally led her into engineering. Meet Jennifer Rocca from Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Pennies for Educators - Change for the Ukraine
Remember the students who collected pennies to match the mass of the copper in our impactor projectile? Their teacher, Dee McLellan has returned from the Ukraine where they donated the funds to make a Deep Impact on their sister school's science program. Dee tells us more and gives educators a template for doing an Impactor Penny Collection in other classes.

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Where is Comet Tempel 1 now?
Take a look and see where Tempel 1 is now. You can change the display to see where it will be on any day you choose. Follow Tempel 1 to encounter!

Mission Update
Lucy McFadden writes about the status of the Deep Impact mission.

Astronomers with Small Telescopes Track Tempel 1
Astronomers with small telescopes from around the world have tracked and made observations of Comet Tempel 1 since the year 2000. View images they've taken of Tempel 1 and learn more about these members of the Deep Impact Small Telescope Science Program (STSP).

Send Your Name Archive
If you signed up for the Send Your Name to a Comet campaign, you can search for your certificate and print it.

ABOUT THE MISSION
The Deep Impact mission is the first to explore a comet's interior by using a spacecraft to create a crater, allowing us to look deep inside. Dramatic images from both the flyby spacecraft and the impactor will be sent back to distant Earth as data in near-realtime. These first-ever views deep beneath a comet's surface, and additional scientific measurements will provide clues to the formation of the solar system. Amateur astronomers will combine efforts with astronomers at larger telescopes to offer the public an earth-based look at this incredible July 2005 encounter with a comet.