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Due to high demand, we regret to inform you that tickets are no longer available. However, an overflow room will be available to accommodate those without tickets. This overflow room in the Chemistry Building will offer video from NASA TV as well as a video feed of the program in the Physics Building. Those in the overflow room will be admitted to the main venue after 12:30 AM on a space available basis. We thank you for your interest and hope to see you there.

If you can't join us for this event, you can follow the mission from home on NASA TV (check with your local cable company) or NASA TV's live internet site. Here is the current NASA TV schedule for Deep Impact coverage.

DEEP IMPACT

On July 4th 2005, the Deep Impact spacecraft will encounter Comet Tempel 1. A projectile will be released and will slam into the comet at a speed of 10 km/sec (23,000 mph). The resulting impact will form a crater and a cloud of material will be ejected from the comet. For the first time, astronomers will be able to study matter from the interior of a comet -- substances not altered in the passage of the comet around the sun, material which retains information about the period in which the sun and planets formed.
  Join the Department of Astronomy and the
University of Maryland in watching this
historic event
  • Large screen viewing of images from the spacecraft
  • Exclusive images before public release
  • Live discussion with local astronomers and those involved in ground-based observations at the time of impact
  • Connection to the control center at JPL to hear from the Principal Investigator -- Mike A'Hearn
This program will be held on the University of Maryland campus in the Physics Lecture Hall. Impact is currently targeted at 1:52 AM (+/- 3 minutes) July 4th.   Doors will open at 11:30 PM July 3 . While this event is free, tickets are required.

Doors for both the Physics (with tickets) and Chemistry Buildings (without tickets) will open at 11:30 PM. Parking will be available in the Regents Drive Parking Garage. Click here to see a map of the campus.

Follow the progress of the mission at www.deepimpact.umd.edu



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