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DEEP IMPACT PROBE


Credit : NASA/JPL-Caltech/UMD

The mission of the Deep Impact spacecraft was to "bomb" the comet Tempel 1 to analyze the materials projected by the explosion.

Above two images of the comet seen by the probe: at left before the impact and 67 seconds after impact at right.