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Mission News
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Deep Impact Team Reports First Evidence of Cometary Ice
Data show that water ice was on the surface of Comet Tempel 1.
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NASA's Spitzer and Deep Impact Build Recipe for Comet Soup
When Deep Impact smashed into comet Tempel 1 on July 4, 2005, it released the ingredients of our solar system's primordial "soup."
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Deep Impact Adds Color to Unfolding Comet Picture
Painting by the numbers is a good description of how scientists create pictures of everything from atoms in our bodies to asteroids and comets in our solar system.
Mission Features
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Deep Impact Extended Mission Could Probe Deeper Into Solar System Origin
04.05.07 - Extended mission could observe the atmospheres of alien worlds, and visit another comet.
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Mission Update - November 2005
11.28.05 - In the past month, the science team has continued with its data analysis.