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NASA Spacecraft Hurtles Toward Active Comet Hartley 2
• arclein"There are billions of comets in the solar system, but this will be only the fifth time a spacecraft has flown close enough to one to snap pictures of its nucleus," says Lori Feaga of the EPOXI science team. "This one should put on quite a show!"