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Genesis canister return to JSC, October 4, 2004

Ron Welch with quality assurance, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, looks over an inventory of arriving containers of solar wind samples in the JSC Astromaterials Curation Facility. The fragments from the Genesis sample return capsule, which impacted the Utah desert on Sept. 8, arrived by plane and a short van trip at the curation facility on October 4, 2004.

Dr. Gary Lofgren (top of stairs), lunar curator , calls on help from colleagues to unload containers of solar wind samples headed for the JSC Astromaterials Curation Facility. Assisting are Dr. Carlton Allen (plaid shirt), astromaterials curator ; Dr. Eileen Stansbery, assistant director for astromaterials research and exploration science; and Ron Welch with quality assurance at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Fragments from the Genesis sample return capsule, which impacted the Utah desert on Sept. 8, arrived by plane at Ellington Field and were transferred to a van for the short trip to the curation facility on October 4, 2004.

Dr. Carlton Allen (right) astromaterials curator , assists Dr. Gary Lofgren (center), lunar curator, in transporting containers of solar wind samples headed for the JSC Astromaterials Curation Facility . Judy Allton with Lockheed Martin holds the van's door open for the loading task. Fragments from the Genesis sample return capsule, which impacted the Utah desert on Sept. 8, arrived by plane at Ellington Field and were transferred to this vehicle for the short trip to the curation facility on October 4, 2004.