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One-Way Trip to Tempel
07.04.05
Approach Movie

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This movie shows Deep Impact's impactor probe approaching comet Tempel 1. It is made up of images taken by the probe's impactor targeting sensor. The probe collided with the comet at 10:52 p.m. Pacific time, July 3 (1:52 a.m. Eastern time, July 4).

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UMD

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