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Genesis Team Members
04.18.05
 
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Every step is carefully planned and thoroughly documented in the Genesis lab at Johnson Space Center as scientists extract solar wind collectors from the Genesis spacecraft's "concentrator" and prepare them for analysis.
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The protective cover is removed from a sample collection as scientists at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston get ready for analysis of the Genesis spacecraft's solar wind collectors to measure solar oxygen isotopic composition, the highest priority measurement objective for Genesis.
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Scientists extract a perfectly intact silicon carbide target from the Genesis spacecraft's "concentrator" target for solar wind science.
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Genesis team members in the Genesis lab at the Johnson Space Center remove the concentrator targets and grid assembly from nitrogen storage to begin the target extraction.