EPOXI Encounter With Comet Hartley 2

Mission Status Report
NASA Mission in Final Day Before Comet Meetup
PASADENA, CALIF. – Mission controllers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., have relayed final instructions to their comet-bound spacecraft today, Nov. 3. The new programming will guide NASA's EPOXI mission through its close approach with comet Hartley 2, scheduled for tomorrow, Nov. 4, at about 7 a.m. PDT (10 a.m. EDT).

"The last 1 million kilometers are always the hardest," said Tim Larson, EPOXI project manager from JPL. "But we've

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