Deep Impact Mission Will Unveil Comet's Constituents
Credit: BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES CORP./DAVID LEWIS
NASA's "Deep Impact" mission will not only give scientists a glimpse into the core of a comet, but should also provide clues about conditions that existed when the Solar System was formed. Now scheduled to launch on Jan. 8, the two-part Deep Impact spacecraft should reach Comet Tempel-1 next summer...
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