Deep Impact team confident of making launch window

Despite delays, NASA's Deep Impact team is confident of launching its mission by Jan. 28, which it must do to successfully rendezvous with and smash into comet Tempel 1 next July. The original launch date of Dec. 30 was postponed to Jan. 8 while the team performed some double-checks of previous...

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