Deep Impact on Launch Pad
Jet Propulsion Laboratory https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ Jan. 21, 2005
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.