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NASA to keep Deep Impact in space

Jul 21, 2005, 1:09 GMT

Washington - The U.S. space agency announced Wednesday that it plans to keep its "Deep Impact" craft in space. The move will allow the spacecraft to be used again, if it is feasible to do so. NASA said it would keep Deep Impact near Earth and a course adjustment will put the spacecraft into an orbit at the end of 2007. Deep Impact had delivered a probe into the path of a comet and recorded the resulting collision. NASA said that mission had exceeded all expectations. The space craft will not be used for a similar mission again because it only had one "impactor". Scientists hope to gain a better understanding of the creation of the universe from the Deep Impact mission. © dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur

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