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Deep Impact: The First Look Inside a Comet! Description: Scheduled for July 2005, Deep Impact's spacecraft will arrive at comet Tempel 1 and become the first mission to impact the surface of a comet. A 370-kg (770-lbs.) copper mass impactor will create a spectacular football field-sized crater, seven stories deep. Record Last Updated: 6-May-2002 | Clicks: 1100

Deep Space 1 Description: NASA, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the California Institute of Technology, and Spectrum Astro, Inc. invite you to participate in the cutting-edge flight of Deep Space 1, the first of the New Millennium Program missions! Record Last Updated: 08-Jun-2000 | Clicks: 967

Near Earth Asteroid Rendevous (NEAR) Description: Satellite in orbit around asteroid 433 Eros; managed by John Hopkins APL. Record Last Updated: 23-Jun-2000 | Clicks: 1030

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