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Stardust Stars on Earth as it Does in the Heavens
While their spacecraft's journeys may have taken it more than halfway to Jupiter, members of the Stardust team have lately been doing some roaming of their own.
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Stardust Comet Dust Resembles Asteroid Materials
Contrary to scientists' expectations, much of the comet dust returned by NASA's Stardust mission formed very close to the young sun
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Stardust Samples Show Evidence of Fire, Ice
Stardust samples of comet particles might seem like a strange place to find a big component of the green sand found on some Hawaiian beaches, but there it was.
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Stardust Mission Status Report
NASA's Stardust spacecraft was placed into hibernation mode yesterday.
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NASA Postpones Stardust Mission Media Update
NASA has postponed the Stardust comet mission media briefing scheduled for 1 p.m. EST (12 p.m. CST), Tuesday.
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NASA Announces Stardust Mission Media Update
The next Stardust comet mission media briefing is at 1 p.m. EST (noon, CST), Tuesday, Jan 24 in room 135, Building 2, Johnson Space Center, 2101 NASA Parkway, Houston.
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Scientists Confirm Comet Samples, Briefing Set Thursday
Scientists have confirmed that samples from a comet and interstellar dust have been returned to Earth by the Stardust spacecraft.
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Stardust Sample Canister Arrives in Houston
The Stardust spacecraft's Sample Return Canister has arrived at NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston.
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NASA's Comet Tale Draws to a Successful Close in Utah Desert
NASA's Stardust sample return mission returned safely to Earth when the capsule carrying cometary and interstellar particles successfully touched down at 2:10 a.m. Pacific time (3:10 a.m. Mountain time) in the desert salt flats of the U.S. Air Force Utah Test and Training Range.
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NASA's Stardust Passes Moon, Just Hours Away From Earth Return
Less than one day of space travel separates Earth and history's first comet sample return mission.
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NASA's Comet Hunter on Final Approach for Sunday Landing
NASA's Stardust mission return capsule will land Sunday, Jan. 15, on the Utah Test and Training Range.
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Stardust Mission Status Report
Ten days before its historic return to Earth with the first-ever samples from a comet, NASA's Stardust spacecraft successfully performed its 18th flight path adjustment.
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NASA Prepares for Return of Interstellar Cargo
NASA's Stardust mission is nearing Earth after a 4.63 billion kilometer (2.88 billion mile) round-trip journey to return cometary and interstellar dust particles back to Earth.
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Anatomy Of A Comet
Findings from a historic encounter between NASA's Stardust spacecraft and a comet have revealed a much stranger world than previously believed.
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The Calm After the Cometary Storm
Having weathered its out-of-this-world sandblasting by cometary particles hurtling toward it at about six times the speed of a rifle bullet, NASA's Stardust spacecraft begins its two-year, 1.14 billion kilometer (708 million mile) trek back to its planet of origin.
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NASA Spacecraft Makes Great Catch...Heads for Touchdown
Team Stardust, NASA's first dedicated sample return mission to a comet, passed a huge milestone today by successfully navigating through the particle and gas-laden coma around comet Wild 2 (pronounced "Vilt-2").