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On July 2, 1985, the European Space Agency launched the Giotto space probe to get a close-up look at Halley's Comet.

Nearly nine months later on March 14, 1986, Giotto became the first spacecraft to observe of a comet up close when it flew by Halley's Comet. It came within 370 miles of the comet's surface. Giotto was named after the early Renaissance painter Giotto di Bondone, who had depicted Halley's Comet as the star of Bethlehem in his painting, "Adoration of the Magi."

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00:00On this day in space. In 1985, the European Space Agency launched the Giotto
00:06Space Probe to get a close-up look at Halley's Comet. Nearly nine months later
00:10on March 14th, 1986, Giotto became the first spacecraft to observe a comet up
00:15close when it flew within 370 miles of Halley's Comet. Giotto was named after
00:20the early Renaissance painter Giotto di Bondone, who depicted Halley's Comet as
00:24the star of Bethlehem in his painting Adoration of the Magi. And that's what
00:28happened on this day in space.

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