Images From Comet’s Mars Flyby On This Week @NASA- October 24, 2014

Several Mars-based NASA spacecraft had prime viewing positions for comet Siding Spring’s October 19 close flyby of the Red Planet. Early images included a composite photo from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope that combined shots of Mars, the comet, and a star background to illustrate Siding Spring’s distance from Mars at closest approach. Also, images from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s HiRISE camera, which represent the highest-resolution views ever acquired of a comet that came from the Oort Cloud, at the outer fringe of the solar system. The comet flyby – only about 87,000 miles from Mars – was much closer than any other known comet flyby of a planet. Also, Partial solar eclipse, Space station spacewalk, Preparing to release Dragon, Cygnus launch update, Welding begins on SLS, Astronaut class visits Glenn and more!

[thehandlesticks]

You guys deserve so much more funding. Keep up the amazing work, you are they only government agency I can truly say I fully support.

[robertbeer]

Hey NASA has taken one of their 100 years old telescopes which they don't need anymore for important research and took pictures of glowing falling stars :-) Yeah! And, like always, invented a nice story about it. Great! Awesome! Astounding! Fabulous!

[ironopolis]

just throw stuff into space why don't you lolol ><