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Cases of historical encounters with comets
November 4, 2010 will forever be noted in the history textbooks of the country as the day a spacecraft approached the comet Hartley 2 within a distance of 700 km.
Deep Impact
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A mysterious missing American spacecraft
Experts of the US Aerospace Agency were confused after a ship suddenly stopped contacting the control center.
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First shot of the close-up of Comet Hartley 2
A space exploration ship of the American Aeronautics Agency (NASA) captured the comet close-up shots Hartley 2 for the first time.
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The giant 'peanut' in the universe
The first close-up shots of comets Hartley 2 sent by Deep Impact spacecraft show that this comet is shaped like a giant peanut.
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NASA spacecraft is about to close
The Deep Impact probe spacecraft of the US Space Agency (NASA) will approach the Comet Hartley 2 with the closest distance so far on November 4, NASA scientists batched.
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NASA: New mission of the Deep Impact and Stardust probe
After completing the mission, NASA Agency's Deep Impact and Stardust space probes will be assigned new missions. With the re-use of two probes on this space, NASA confir…