Deep Impact Spacecraft Readied for Voyage to Comet Tempel 1

NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft has reached the Astrotech Space Operations facility near Kennedy Space Center, Fla., where it is undergoing final preparations for a Dec. 30 launch on a Boeing Delta II. Developed and built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies, the two-part spacecraft (see photo) is...

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