Deep Impact (1998)

Earth orbit → Earth

The comet is found on 10 May 1998; the President announces it in 1999 and impact is due about a year later.

1. 1

   Messiah leaves Earth orbit Earth, orbit · 1999

   The ship built in orbit by the US and Russia sets out with five astronauts and a cosmonaut.

   Messiah

2. 2

   Landing on comet Wolf–Biederman in space · date unknown

   A comet, not a body on our map: they drill in nuclear bombs, but the blast only splits it in two.

   Messiah

3. 3

   Into the Wolf fragment in space · 2000

   Messiah flies into the larger fragment and blows it apart before it can hit western Canada.

   Meanwhile, the smaller fragment

4. 4

   Biederman hits the Atlantic off Cape Hatteras Earth · 2000

   The smaller fragment, which Messiah could not stop, raises a megatsunami over the East Coast.