NASA Loses Contact With Comet-Hunting Deep Impact Spacecraft

Monday, September 9, 2013 - 14:30 in Astronomy & Space

Deep Impact's handlers lost contact with the probe — which has studied multiple comets over the years, including ISON, a "comet of the century" candidate — sometime between Aug. 11 and Aug. 14, mission team members announced last week.

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