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Stardust Logs A Decade Under The Stars
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Feb 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Saturday, Feb. 7, marked the 10th anniversary of the launch of NASA's well-traveled Stardust spacecraft.
Key 'Stardust' spacecraft find questioned
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Apr 09, 2007 |
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Spanish scientists say one of the major discoveries from last year's "Stardust" space mission might have resulted from rocket booster contamination.
NASA Stardust Capsule To Go On Display At Smithsonian
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Sep 26, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Having returned the world's first particles from a comet, NASA's Stardust sample return capsule will join the collection of flight icons in the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum ...
UW astronomer hits cosmic paydirt with Stardust
Jan 18, 2006 |
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Scientists at the Johnson Space Center in Houston were excited and awed Tuesday by what they saw when the sample-return canister from the Stardust spacecraft was opened.
Stardust Mission Status Report
Jan 06, 2006 |
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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. This second-to-last scheduled maneuver ...
Stardust placed into hibernation mode
Jan 31, 2006 |
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NASA's Stardust spacecraft was placed into hibernation mode yesterday. Stardust successfully returned to Earth samples of a comet via its sample return capsule on Jan. 15. The spacecraft has logged almost seven ...
Stardust Finds A Gem Of A Space Particle
Feb 28, 2006 |
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This image shows a comet particle collected by NASA's Stardust spacecraft. The particle consists of the silicate mineral forsterite, also known as peridot in its gem form. It is surrounded by a thin rim of ...
NASA Prepares For Arrival Of Comet Samples To Houston
Oct 17, 2005 |
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Particles gathered near a comet in deep space that are due to arrive at NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC), Houston, in January may help scientists better understand comets and their role in the early solar system.
Stardust comet dust resembles asteroid materials
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Jan 24, 2008 |
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Contrary to expectations for a small icy body, much of the comet dust returned by the Stardust mission formed very close to the young sun and was altered from the solar system’s early materials.
Scientists fine-tuning methods for Stardust analysis
Mar 22, 2006 |
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On Sunday, January 15, NASA's Stardust mission landed safely with the first solid comet fragments ever brought back to Earth. Members of the mission's Preliminary Examination Team, including several from the ...
First discovery of life's building block in comet made
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Aug 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA scientists have discovered glycine, a fundamental building block of life, in samples of comet Wild 2 returned by NASA's Stardust spacecraft.
Stardust Findings May Alter View of Comet Formation
Mar 14, 2006 |
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Samples from comet Wild 2 have surprised scientists, indicating the formation of at least some comets may have included materials ejected by the early sun to the far reaches of the solar system.
Blowing a Hole in a Comet: Take 2
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 26, 2007 |
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Two years ago, NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft blasted a hole in Comet Tempel 1, offering researchers their first look inside a comet. One small problem: The cloud of debris was so thick no one could clearly ...
'Ultra-primitive' particles found in comet dust
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Nov 02, 2009 |
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Dust samples collected by high-flying aircraft in the upper atmosphere have yielded an unexpectedly rich trove of relicts from the ancient cosmos, report scientists from the Carnegie Institution. The stratospheric ...
Scientist uncovers relics of ancient cosmos
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Dec 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Manchester scientist, working as part of an international team, has uncovered an unexpectedly rich trove of relicts from the ancient cosmos.
