Deep Space 1 success

1999-08-11T00:00:00

The Spectrum Astro-built Deep Space 1 (DS-1), the first of NASA's New Millennium programme spacecraft, flew to within 15km of the asteroid 9969 Braille on 29 July, returning images and science data.

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