Timeline for the EPOXI Mission:

1. Launch of Deep Impact: 2005 Jan 12
   
   
2. P/Tempel 1 Encounter: 2005 Jul 04
   
   
3. Start of EPOXI mission using Deep Impact Flyby Spacecraft: 2007 Sep 26
   (Cruise 1)
   
   
4. Start calibration observations: on 2007 Oct 04
   
   
5. Pre-EPOCh Earth fly-by: 2007 Dec 31 (lunar calibration performed)
   
   
6. Earth observations by EPOCh:
   2008 March 18-19 (delivered)
   2008 May 28-29 (delivered)
   2008 June 4-5 (delivered)
   2009 March 27-28 (northern latitudes)
   2009 October 4-5 (southern latitudes)
   
7. Exoplanet stellar observations:
   Start: 2008 January 22
   End: 2008 August 31
   
   
8. Earth fly-bys (for informational purposes only):
   2008 Dec 29
   2009 Jun 29
   2009 Dec 28
   2010 Jun 27
   
9. Comet P/Hartley 2 Encounter phase: begins September, encounter is 2010 Nov 04.
   End of encounter phase in late November.
   
   
10. Mars observations with all three instruments
    2009 Nov 20-21
    2010 Mar 15-16
    
11. Planned End of mission 2010 Dec 16