In 1986, a Soviet spacecraft captured the first images of a comet's nucleus
The Soviet Vega 1 spacecraft made history by piercing the dusty veil of Halley's Comet to capture the first ever close-up images of a comet's frozen, icy heart.
In 1986, the Soviet Vega 1 spacecraft achieved a monumental scientific milestone by returning the first images of the nucleus of Halley's Comet. Before this mission, the core of a comet was a theoretical mystery, hidden behind a glowing cloud of gas and dust known as a coma.
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