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Stardust Capsule Returns With Space Dust
The Stardust capsule has returned to Earth carrying samples of particles from comets and space. The BBC reports that scientists are very confident that capsule collected dust that can now be examined in the lab.
"I'm very confident we will have samples in there that are the first returned from beyond the Moon," former Stardust project manager, Ken Atkins, told the BBC News website.
"It is magnificent to see something that we saw leave the planet on 7 February 1999 return to the planet here on 15 January 2006."
The highlight of Stardust's seven-year mission was its close encounter with Comet Wild 2 in January 2004.
More information about the mission can be found on NASA's Stardust website. They will be providing information about the data they collected on this website as well.
Posted on January 18, 2006
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Stardust Capsule Returns With Space Dust
The Stardust capsule has returned to Earth carrying samples of particles from comets and space. The BBC reports that scientists are very confident that capsule collected dust that can now be examined in the lab.
"I'm very confident we will have samples in there that are the first returned from beyond the Moon," former Stardust project manager, Ken Atkins, told the BBC News website.
"It is magnificent to see something that we saw leave the planet on 7 February 1999 return to the planet here on 15 January 2006."
The highlight of Stardust's seven-year mission was its close encounter with Comet Wild 2 in January 2004.
More information about the mission can be found on NASA's Stardust website. They will be providing information about the data they collected on this website as well.
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