Deep Impact Spacecraft Launches
A comet chaser left Earth in spectacular fashion on January 12 and, despite a minor glitch, is now on a collision course with comet Tempel 1. Called Deep Impact, the NASA probe is made of two separate spacecraft: a mother ship and a projectile ... [... more] Popular Mechanics
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Science News for Kids: Snapshot: An Icy Blob of Fluff
Firing a projectile into a comet has exposed an icy dirtball. The collision between a projectile, launched from the spacecraft Deep Impact, and Comet Tempel 1 on July 4th was pretty exciting (see "A Smashing Display"). But the excitement didn't [... more] Science News for Kids