An artificial crater on the comet Tempel 1 created nearly six years ago by a NASA spacecraft takes center stage in a flood of new photos released late Tuesday (Feb. 15) after another probe revisited the comet. Full story
NASA has released the first photos of Comet Tempel 1 taken by its Stardust probe, showing the icy wanderer in the distance as the spacecraft drew nearer for a closer look. Full story
After more than three years of preparation, waiting and chasing, a NASA probe is now just days away from its Valentine's Day date with a comet. Full story
On Valentine's Day (Feb. 14), NASA's Stardust-NExT spacecraft will make a close flyby of comet Tempel 1, zipping to within just 124 miles (200 kilometers) of the icy wanderer. Full story
A NASA spacecraft is fine-tuning its approach to an icy comet and has already snapped photos of it ahead of a planned Valentine's Day visit. Full story
NASA's Stardust-NExT spacecraft, first launched in 1999, is hoping for sweet science on Valentine's Day when it makes a close flyby of the comet Tempel 1. Full story
An artist's conception shows the Stardust probe during its flyby of Comet Tempel 1. Twelve years after its launch, NASA turned the lights out on the spacecraft.
Craters can be seen on the surface of Comet Tempel 1 in this image, captured during the Stardust-NExT probe's flyby on Monday.
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