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	+ Home Stardust is the first spacecraft with the ability to retrieve samples obtained in space and return them to Earth for research. + More NASA Facts...		+ NASA Home > Missions > Exploring our Solar System       01.02.04 - Stardust Makes Great Catch Stardust flew within 149 miles of Comet Wild 2 and captured particles from the comet. + Read More     12.31.03 - Stardust Entered Comet's Coma On Jan. 2, the Stardust spacecraft will fly through the halo of dust and gas that surrounds the nucleus of comet Wild 2. + Read More     12.30.03 - Comet Hunter Closing on Quarry Project manager Tom Duxbury says NASA's Stardust spacecraft is "good to go" as it prepares to fly by comet Wild 2 on January 2, grabbing particles to bring back to Earth. + Read More     12.19.03 - Stardust Status Report The Stardust team has had daily communications with the spacecraft in the past week. The spacecraft remains in very good shape as it approaches its date with comet Wild 2 in about 13 days. + Read More     12.01.03 - NASA Spacecraft Pinpoints Where the Wild Thing is Forty-nine days before its historic rendezvous with a comet, NASA's Stardust spacecraft successfully photographed its quarry, comet Wild 2 + Read More         Stardust "Dukes" It Out With Comet Wild 2 Spacecraft's shielding is breeched 10 times during flyby through comet's particles. + Read More     Comet Gets Its Close-Up The second image from NASA's Stardust spacecraft shows Comet Wild 2 in a "quarter moon" view. + View feature     Stardust Learn about the Stardust spacecraft and educational resources related to the mission. + Read More     Spotlight: Catching the Wild Child - How Stardust Stays on Target In January, NASA's Stardust mission will fly through the halo of dust that surrounds the nucleus of a comet. + Read More     Stardust Rides the Comet Stardust is the first robotic spacecraft to fly by a comet and return extraterrestrial material to Earth. + Read More + View Video           Stardust's Successful Flyby Stardust made its way safely through comet's dust and dirt. + View this Video + View Text Only     NASA First Person Dr. Shyam Bhaskaram explains the Stardust Mission. + View this Video     Stardust Finds its Target Stardust photographs comet Wild-2 15 and a half million miles away. + View this Video           Stardust Mission Web Site Learn more about NASA's comet sample return mission + View site     Stardust Press Kit + View Acrobat PDF     Cool Facts about Stardust and Comets + View site
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