The primary mission of NASA's Deep Impact was to probe beneath the surface of a comet. The spacecraft delivered a special impactor into the path of Tempel 1 to reveal never-before-seen materials and provide clues about the internal composition and structure of a comet. Deep Impact spent almost nine years in space. The mission included an unprecedented 4th of July impact and subsequent flyby of a c
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