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Deep Space 1 acquired the first resolved pictures of a comet's nucleus on Sept. 22, despite the spacecraft being designed as a technology demonstrator rather than a cometary explorer. Engineers were amazed that it survived the close encounter through the surrounding dust with no apparent damage...
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