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Deep Impact video directory Updated: July 3, 2005 This video selection follows NASA's Deep Impact space probe as it hits Comet Tempel 1, giving humanity the first glimpse into the frozen heart of the rocky snowball. The video clips are available to Spaceflight Now Plus subscribers. This premium service gives you access to our vast video collection and financially supports the continued operation of this web site. Spaceflight Now is made possible by you, the subscriber! Find out how to get your subscription by clicking here.
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Deep Impact project manager Rick Grammier recaps the Saturday night activities to target Comet Tempel 1 and release the impactor spacecraft. (5min 26sec file)
A description of Deep Impact's final hours to the comet collision is given by Jennifer Rocca, the mission systems engineer. (5min 48sec file)
Michael A'Hearn, astronomer from the University of Maryland and the Deep Impact principal investigator, describes some of the early science results from watching Tempel 1's recent outbursts. (6min 00sec file)
With 12 hours remaining before impact, mission officials and scientists give a status report from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. This briefing occurred at 2 p.m. EDT July 3. (52min 44sec file)
Deep Impact mission officials provide an engineering overview of the spacecraft's daring attempt to fire a small probe into Comet Tempel 1. This briefing occurred July 1 at JPL. (41min 04sec file)
Scientists working on the Deep Impact mission give an update on research into Comet Tempel 1 and preview what they hope to learn with the July Fourth impact. This briefing occurred July 1 at JPL. (32min 29sec file)
Monte Henderson, deputy program manager with spacecraft-builder Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp., uses a large model to explain details of the mothership and the comet impactor craft. (6min 00sec file)
A Boeing Delta 2 rocket blasts off from Cape Canaveral carrying NASA's comet-smashing probe called Deep Impact. This extended clip follows the mission through second stage ignition and jettison of the rocket's nose cone. (5min 37sec file)
An engineering camera at the pad captured this close-up view of the Delta's engine ignition.
A clear day allows this tracking camera site north of the launch pad to follow the Delta rocket during in first minute of flight. (1min 33sec file)
A Boeing Delta 2 rocket blasts off from Cape Canaveral carrying NASA's comet-smashing probe called Deep Impact. This extended clip follows the mission through second stage ignition and jettison of the rocket's nose cone. (5min 37sec file)
Cameras located at Cape Canaveral's Press Site 1 location offers these views of the Delta rocket's ascent.
The camera site at Playlinda Beach well north of pad 17B tracks the Delta rocket on its liftoff carrying Deep Impact. (1min 43sec file)
NASA's Deep Impact comet spacecraft arrives at the Astrotech Space Operations Facility near Kennedy Space Center to begin final launch preparations for blastoff December 30 aboard a Boeing Delta 2 rocket. (2min 53sec file)
The pre-launch campaign of Deep Impact at Cape Canaveral is presented in this video package with expert narration by a spacecraft team member. (5min 32sec file)
Assembly of the Boeing Delta 2 rocket at launch pad 17B and mating of the Deep Impact spacecraft is presented in this video package with expert narration. (6min 12sec file)
The mobile service tower is rolled back from the Boeing Delta 2 rocket, exposing the vehicle at launch pad 17B just before daybreak. (3min 21sec file)
The pre-launch news conference for Deep Impact is held at Kennedy Space Center on Jan. 11 to preview liftoff of this comet mission aboard a Boeing Delta 2 rocket. (43min 35sec file)
On the day before Deep Impact's launch, mission scientists hold a news conference at Kennedy Space Center to discuss the comet-smashing project. (35min 17sec file)
Rick Grammier, NASA's Deep Impact project manager from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, provides a detailed overview of the spacecraft and its mission. (4min 54sec file)
Deep Impact principal investigator Michael A'Hearn explains how the comet collision will occur and what scientists hope to learn. (7min 11sec file)
The pre-flight news conference is held at NASA Headquarters on December 14 to preview the Deep Impact mission to intercept a comet and blast a projectile into it. (54min 19sec file)