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Stardust Returns Comet Material to Earth

Sunday, January 15th, 2006

The sample-return capsule from the Stardust spacecraft landed early this morning in Utah, after gliding through the darkness across the West Coast of the United States. Inside the capsule is valuable cargo: [...]

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Stardust Returning

Sunday, January 15th, 2006

The first mission to return cometary material to the Earth is now in its final hours of the mission. The Stardust spacecraft, visitor to Asteroid 5535 Annefrank and Comet Wild 2, crossed the [...]

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