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OTD in Space - January 12: Deep Impact spacecraft launches to a comet

On05, NASA launched its Deep Impact mission to crash into comet Tempel 1, also known as 9P/Tempel. Two spacecraft were ...
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NASA Calls Off Deep Impact Spacecraft's Eight-Year Comet Hunt

Scientists on the trail of comets in deep space "reluctantly" announced Friday an end to NASA's Deep Impact mission after nearly a decade that included celestial fly-bys and hundreds of thousands of ...