Probe's success
Friday 10 July 1992 23:02 BST
CommentsThe British-built Giotto space probe came within 125 miles (200km) of comet Grigg- Skjellerup and survived the encounter to collect 'beautiful data', scientists reported at the European Space Agency at Darmstadt, Germany.
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