The mission of the gunman on the Deep Impact comet probe is completed - Pravda.Ru

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device, despite the premature loss, was able to bring to Earth a large amount of unique information and participated in the first largest-ever experiment on fire comet Tempel. Starting with a Deep Impact spetssnaryada allowed scientists to study the

composition and structure of the celestial body. This data is “a revolution in the understanding of comets and on the processes occurring in them,” – said in a NASA.

last time a full session with the probe took place on 8 August, after that, all attempts have failed to establish it.

machine Deep Impact, launched in January 2005, spent nine years in space. During this time he flew a distance of more than 7.5 billion kilometers (more than any other machine on the study of comets) and sent to Earth about 500,000 images.

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