When SL9 slammed into Jupiter in the summer of 1994, it created a sensation in the world of astronomy. As the excitement mounted in the months after the discovery, scientists scrambled to make predictions and to plan observations. Jedicke's talk went behind the scenes with the discoverers through this thrilling time, as he and his wife Dianne were invited to follow the events with David Levy and Gene & Carolyn Shoemaker from Palomar Mountain, where the discovery took place, to Washington, D.C. during impact week. It was a rare opportunity to see science become celebrity.