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Deep Impact awaits launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. on
Jan. 12, 2005.
The spacecraft will travel to comet Tempel 1 and release an impactor,
creating a crater on the surface of the comet. Scientists believe the
exposed materials may give clues to the formation of our solar system.
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NASA/JPL/Caltech
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