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The Shoemakers and David Levy were scheduled to leave the Institute to attend a function in Washington, DC before the tape dump containing the first impact images was received. Thanks to early receipt of the data they had the opportunity to see the fragment A image on the display in the operations area.
photo by:
John Aiello
Science Mission Manager
Space Telescope Science Institute
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