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NASA’s most underrated mission brought back pieces of the early solar system
In 2006, NASA’s Stardust mission accomplished something no other spacecraft had done before: it returned solid material from ...
On5, 2006, NASA's Stardust spacecraft returned to Earth to drop off a capsule that contained the first samples of a comet and ...
I n 2016, NASA launched the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) probe, which famously touched down on asteroid Bennu in 2020, before ...
Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Stardust was the first U.S. space mission dedicated solely to returning extraterrestrial material from beyond the Moon ...
A NASA DC-8 aircraft will carry a team of scientists to observe the Stardust sample capsule as it enters Earth’s atmosphere and flies to a landing in the Utah desert at 2 a.m. PST on Jan.15, 2006. The ...
ON DISPLAY: NASA’s Stardust sample return capsule will go on display at the Smithsonian’s National Air & Space Museum on Oct. 1, the 50th anniversary of the creation of the aerospace agency. Stardust ...
SALT LAKE CITY -- The Stardust space capsule that returned to Earth with comet debris suffered just a small nick when it landed in the Utah desert -- a huge relief for NASA after a similar space probe ...
NASA's Stardust mission is on track to return a capsule to Earth on Jan. 15 that contains samples of comet dust and interstellar dust, the space agency said. Following a scheduled course correction ...
NASA’s Stardust mission is nearing Earth after a 2.88 billion mile round-trip journey to return cometary and interstellar dust particles back to Earth. Scientists believe the cargo will help provide ...
After blazing a bright trail through the pre-dawn skies of the Pacific Northwest, a re-entry capsule from NASA's Stardust spacecraft floated to a parachute landing in the Utah desert Sunday with a ...
On January 15, 2006, NASA's Stardust spacecraft returned to Earth to drop off a capsule that contained the first samples of a comet and interstellar dust. Two weeks earlier, Stardust visited the comet ...
WASHINGTON -- The capsule that brought the first comet samples back to Earth will go on display today at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. The Stardust capsule will join other firsts of ...
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