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So Close You Can Almost Touch It

Target Name:  Comet Tempel 1
Spacecraft:  Deep Impact
Instrument:  Impactor Targeting Sensor
Produced by:  University of Maryland
Copyright: NASA Copyright Free Policy
Cross Reference:  PIA02128
Date Taken:  3 July 2005

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This image shows the view from Deep Impact's probe 90 seconds before it was pummeled by comet Tempel 1. The image was taken by the probe's impactor targeting sensor.

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