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PLANETARY SCIENCE: Deep Impact Makes a Lasting Impression on Comet Tempel 1
Richard A. Kerr
The two-part Deep Impact spacecraft--a bulletlike hypervelocity impactor and its watchful mothership--performed flawlessly on 4 July, punching a hole in the icy dirtball of comet Tempel 1 in full view of all the world.