Fresh off the EPOXI flyby of Comet Hartley-2, NASA has another re-use mission, this time the Stardust spacecraft. Stardust is going to flyby Comet Tempel 1. If that name sounds familiar, it's because it's the same comet that was visited by, and smacked by an impactor from, the Deep Impact spacecraft. That's the same Deep Impact spacecraft that got renamed EPOXI and flew by Comet Hartley-2!
It's nice to see some symmetry here. Anyway, I don't know what more they'll learn from Tempel 1 this time, but they hopefully will learn more about it.
NASA Spacecraft Burns for Another Comet Flyby
Stardust NExT
Oh yeah, whysit a "romantic" comet flyby? Because it will be on Valentine's Day!
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