Because the quality of the images of the crater formed during the Deep Impact collision was not satisfactory, on July 3, 2007, NASA approved the New Exploration of Tempel 1 (or NExT) mission.
由于深度撞击号任务拍摄的照片质量不尽如人意，2007年7月3日，NASA批准了坦普尔1号新探测任务（New Exploration of Tempel 1，缩写为NExT）。