So Close You Can Almost Touch It Target Name:   Comet Tempel 1 Spacecraft:   Deep Impact Instrument:   Impactor Targeting Sensor Produced by:   University of Maryland Copyright:  NASA Copyright Free Policy Cross Reference:   PIA02128 Date Taken:   3 July 2005

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This image shows the view from Deep Impact's probe 90 seconds before it was pummeled by comet Tempel 1. The image was taken by the probe's impactor targeting sensor.