Deep Impact Success

The official impact image released by NASA/JPL/UMD. The impactor probe collided with Comet Tempel 1 as predicted at 1:52 AM EDT, causing the ejecta shown in the image above. The image was taken by the flyby probe 13 seconds after impact. Read the official press release here, and view images taken of the collision by the impactor probe, the flyby probe, and Hubble on Nasa's Deep Impact site. Finally, view a nifty movie of Deep Impact's approach to the comet from May 1 to July 2 here.