NASA's EPOXI Mission Sets Up For Comet Flyby

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NASA's EPOXI Mission Sets Up For Comet Flyby
Pasadena CA (SPX) Oct 01, 2010
Early on thursday, navigators and mission controllers for NASA's EPOXI mission watched their computer screens as 23.6 million kilometers (14.7 million miles) away, their spacecraft successfully performed its 20th trajectory correction maneuver. The maneuver refined the spacecraft's orbit, setting the stage for its flyby of comet Hartley 2 on Nov. 4. Time of closest approach to the comet was expected to be about 10: 02 a.m. EDT (7:02 a.m. PDT). The trajectory correction maneuver began at 2 p. ... read more