November 21, 2007

• Stardust Science Update (November 21, 2007)

November 14, 2007

• Stardust Post-Bake Images Returned (November 14, 2007)

October 29, 2007

• Stardust Recovered from Safemode (October 29, 2007)

October 17, 2007

• Stardust Prepares for "Bake" Maneuver (October 17, 2007)

October 10, 2007

• Stardust Successfully Performs Deep Space Maneuver! (October 10, 2007)

October 3, 2007

• Planning for Maneuver Continues (October 3, 2007)

September 12, 2007

• Stardust Maneuver Delayed to Oct 10 (September 12, 2007)

September 6, 2007

• Stardust Memory Checked (September 6, 2007)

August 29, 2007

• Stardust Continues Quiescent Cruise (August 29, 2007)

August 22, 2007

• Stardust Prepares for Maneuver (August 22, 2007)

August 16, 2007

• Stardust Exiting Hibernation (August 16, 2007)

August 8, 2007

• Stardust Exiting Solar Conjunction (August 8, 2007)

July 3, 2007

• NASA Gives Stardust New Assignment (July 3, 2007)

June 19, 2007

• Stardust Honored with 2007 Stellar Award (April 20,2007)

February 5, 2007

• Communications Resume With Stardust Spacecraft (February 5, 2007)
• Stardust Nominated for Aviation Week and Space Technology Laureate Award (February 5,2007)

December 14, 2006

• Comets As Toolkits For Jump-Starting Life (December 14, 2006)
  
• NASA Study Finds New Kind of Organics in Stardust Mission (December 14, 2006)
  
• Stardust Findings Suggest Comets More Complex Than Thought (December 14, 2006)

November 15, 2006

• Stardust Honored with Aviation Week Award (November 15, 2006)

October 30, 2006

• Stardust Gets NExT Mission (October 30, 2006)

October 10, 2006

• Stardust Wins Popular Mechanics Award (October 10, 2006)

July 31, 2006

• Stardust@Home is Launching (July 31, 2006)

May 12, 2006

• Stardust Update from Dr. Donald Brownlee (May 12, 2006)

March 13, 2006

• Stardust Findings May Alter View of Comet Formation (NASA - March 13, 2006)
• Comet from Coldest Spot in Solar System has Material from Hottest Places (University of Washtington - March 13, 2006)

February 21, 2006

• Valentine's Day Surprise - Dr. Peter Tsou (Johnson Space Center - February 21, 2006)
• Images from AAAS (February 7, 2006)

February 7, 2006

• Stardust Update from Dr. Peter Tsou (Johnson Space Center - February 7, 2006)

January 31, 2006

• Stardust Update from Dr. Peter Tsou (Johnson Space Center - January 31, 2006)

January 30, 2006

• Stardust Placed in Hibernation (Jet Propulsion Laboratory - January 30, 2006)

January 27, 2006

• Stardust Capsules Reentry Movie now available.

January 25, 2006

• Stardust Update from Dr. Peter Tsou (Johnson Space Center - January 25, 2006)

January 19, 2006

• Scientists Confirm Comet Samples (Johnson Space Center - January 19, 2006)
• Dr. Peter Tsou Interview (January 18, 2006)

January 17, 2006

• Stardust Capsule Arrives at Houston (Johnson Space Center - January 17, 2006)

January 15, 2006

• NASA's Comet Tale Draws to a Successful Close in Utah Desert (NASA - January 14, 2006)

January 14, 2006

• Stardust Passes Moon, Just Hours Away From Earth Return (NASA - January 14, 2006)

January 12, 2006

• Stardust on Final Approach For Landing (NASA - January 12, 2006)
• Stardust's Final Hours (January 12, 2006)
• Stardust Capsule Will Be Visible in Northwest USA (Stardust Project - January 6, 2006)

January 5, 2006

• Stardust Successfully Performs Maneuver For Earth Return (NASA - January 5, 2006)

December 21, 2005

• NASA Prepares for Return of Interstellar Cargo (NASA - December 21, 2005)

December 16, 2005

• STARDUST Status Report (December 16, 2005)

December 15, 2005

• STARDUST Press Conference on December 21 (NASA - December 15, 2005)

December 2, 2005

• STARDUST Status Report (December 2, 2005)

November 29, 2005

• The Fiery Return of NASA's Space Dust Cargo (Ames Reseach Center - November 29, 2005

November 18, 2005

• Returning Comet Samples to Earth (Stardust Project - November 11, 2005)

November 11, 2005

• How To Bring Home A Comet (Stardust Project - November 11, 2005)

October 13, 2005

• NASA Educator Conference on December 3-4, 2005 (Jet Propulsion Laboratory - October 13, 2005)

September 2, 2005

• Stardust Lecture on September 4 (Stardust Project - September 2, 2005)

August 19, 2005

• Distinguishing Between Comets Tempel 1 and Wild 2 (Stardust Project - September 2, 2005)

July 8, 2005

• Scientists Measure How Deep 'Deep Impact' Was, With X-Rays (Pennsylvania State University - July 8, 2005)

July 6, 2005

• UK Infrared Telescope First to Detect Flare from Deep Impact (United Kingdom Infrared Telescope in Hawaii - July 6, 2005)

July 4, 2005

• Deep Impact Kicks Off Fourth of July with Deep Space Fireworks (NASA - July 4, 2005)
• NASA's Deep Impact Generates Its Own Spectacular Photo Flash (NASA - July 4, 2005)
• Dust and Gas from Comet Tempel 1 Seen by Rosetta (ESA - July 4, 2005)
• Rosetta Camera View of Tempel 1 Brightness (ESA - July 4, 2005)
• Hubble Captures Deep Impact's Collision with Comet (Hubble Space Telescope - July 4, 2005)
• XMM-Newton Detects Water on Comet Tempel 1 (ESA - July 4, 2005)
• Subaru Telescope Observes Comet Impact (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan - July 4, 2005)
• NASA Swift Satellite Offers a Different View of the Great Comet Collision (Pennsylvania State University - July 4, 2005)

July 3, 2005

• Deep Impact Successfully Releases Impactor (NASA - July 3, 2005)

June 28, 2005

• Deep Impact Observes Huge Comet Outburst (University of Maryland - June 28, 2005)

June 21, 2005

• Deep Impact Detects Comet Nucleus (University of Maryland - June 21, 2005)

June 9, 2005

• NASA Announces Spectacular Day of the Comet (NASA - June 9, 2005)

April 6, 2005

• NASA Teams Receive National Recognition (NASA - April 6, 2005)

February 4, 2005

• Join in the Search for SOHO's 1,000th Comet (NASA - January 25, 2005
• Hale-Bopp Co-Discovers Plans Event to Mark 10-Year Anniversary of Comet Discovery (Alan Hale - January 27, 2005)

January 12, 2005

• Deep Impact Launched and Flying Toward Date With a Comet (NASA - January 12, 2005)

August 31, 2004

Fred Whipple, World-Renowned Harvard and Smithsonian Astronomer, Dies Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics - August 31, 2004)

July 30, 2004

ESO's Very Large Telescope Obtains Unique Spectrum of a Meteor (European Southern Observatory - July 30, 2004)

June 17, 2004

Stardust Reveals Surprising Anatomy Of A Comet (NASA - June 17, 2004)

June 15, 2004

• NASA Unveils Anatomy Of A Comet (NASA - June 15, 2004)

May 26, 2004

• Rosetta's Scientific 'First' - Observation of Comet C/2002 T7 (LINEAR) (European Space Agency - May 26, 2004)
• Close-up Image of Comet NEAT From Kitt Peak Observatory (National Optical Astronomy Observatory - May 25, 2004)

May 5, 2004

• Stardust on the Science Channel
• The April issue of the Discovery Dispatch is now available.
• The Double Comet Show of 2004 (Sky & Telescope - May 5, 2004)

April 6, 2004

• Scientist from University of Hawaii Helps NASA Get Photos of Comet Wild 2 (Honolulu Star Bulletin - April 6, 2004)

March 26, 2004

• STARDUST Status Report (March 26, 2004)

March 17, 2004

• Composite and Stereo Images of Comet Wild 2 (Stardust Project - March 17, 2004)

March 15, 2004

• Most Distant Object In Solar System Discovered (NASA - March 15, 2004)

March 11, 2004

• Here Comes a 'NEAT' Comet - C/2001 Q4 (NEAT) (space.com - March 10, 2004)

February 20, 2004

• STARDUST Status Report (February 20, 2004)

February 18, 2004

• LPSC Stardust abstracts are now available.

February 13, 2004

• STARDUST Status Report (February 13, 2004)

February 6, 2004

• STARDUST Status Report (February 6, 2004)

January 30, 2004

• STARDUST Status Report (January 30, 2004)

January 28, 2004

• First Person: Dr. Shyam Bhaskaran (January 28, 2004)

January 16, 2004

• STARDUST Status Report (January 16, 2004)
• Stardust Surprise (NASA Science News - January 16, 2004)

January 9, 2004

• Interview on Sci-Fi Overdrive with Tom Duxbury, Stardust Project Manager (requires MP3 player)

January 6, 2004

• The Calm After the Cometary Storm (JPL - January 6, 2004)

January 2, 2004

• Stardust Makes Great Catch...Heads for Touchdown (NASA - January 2, 2004)

December 31, 2003

• Stardust Has Shields Up (NASA - December 31, 2003)
• The World in a Grain of Stardust (NASA Science News - December 31, 2003)

December 30, 2003

• NASA Comet Hunter Closing on Quarry (JPL - December 30, 2003)
• UW Astronomer Leads NASA Quest To Capture Comet Dust (Seattle Post-Intelligencer Report - December 30, 2003)
• Scientists Trying To Catch A Comet (Baltimore Sun - December 29, 2003)

December 29, 2003

• The Stardust Press Kit for the Comet Wild 2 encounter is now available as a PDF file.

December 23, 2003

• Live Webcam from JPL is now online

December 19, 2003

• STARDUST Status Report (December 19, 2003)
• Comet Encounter Is Key Moment in UW Astronomer's Long Scientific Quest (University of Washington - December 19, 2003)

December 17, 2003

• The Stardust Team Biographies section has been expanded and improved.

December 16, 2003

• Catching the Wild Child -- How Stardust Stays on Target (December 16, 2003)

December 5, 2003

• STARDUST Status Report (December 5, 2003)

December 1, 2003

• Stardust Pinpoints Where the Wild Thing Is (JPL - December 1, 2003)

November 14, 2003

• STARDUST Status Report (November 14, 2003)

October 17, 2003

• STARDUST Status Report (October 17, 2003)

October 10, 2003

• STARDUST Status Report (October 10, 2003)
• The 2003 Leonid Meteor Shower (NASA Science News - October 10, 2003)

October 3, 2003

• STARDUST Status Report (October 3, 2003)

September 26, 2003

• STARDUST Status Report (September 26, 2003)

September 19, 2003

• STARDUST Status Report (September 19, 2003) 3)

September 12, 2003

• STARDUST Status Report (September 12, 2003)
• Optical Detection of Anomalous Nitrogen in Comets (ESO - September 12, 2003)

September 11, 2003

• NASA Wants You to Be a Solar System Ambassador (Jet Propulsion Laboratory - September 11, 2003)

September 7, 2003

• Hubble Finds Farthest, Faintest Solar System Objects Beyond Neptune (Space Telescope Science Institute - September 6, 2003)

September 5, 2003

• STARDUST Status Report (September 5, 2003)

September 2, 2003

• New Image of Comet Halley in the Cold (ESO - September 1, 2003)

August 29, 2003

• STARDUST Status Report (August 29, 2003)

August 22, 2003

• STARDUST Status Report (August 22, 2003)

August 8, 2003

• STARDUST Status Report (August 8, 2003)

August 6, 2003

• View of Comets As Pristine Relics Of Solar System Formation Evolves (Southwest Research Institute - August 6, 2003)

August 4, 2003

• Ulysses Sees Galactic Dust On The Rise (European Space Agency - August 1, 2003)

August 1, 2003

• STARDUST Status Report (August 1, 2003)

July 25, 2003

• STARDUST Status Report (July 25, 2003)

July 18, 2003

• STARDUST Status Report (July 18, 2003)
• The 2003 Perseid Meteor Shower (NASA Science News - July 17, 2003)

July 16, 2003

• Fewer Earthbound Asteroids Will Hit Home (Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine - July 16, 2003)

July 14, 2003

• Art Meets Aerogel (Jet Propulsion Laboratory - July 14, 2003)

July 11, 2003

• STARDUST Status Report (July 11, 2003)

July 10, 2003

• Catching A Comet's Tail In The Earth's Upper Atmosphere (Johnson Space Center -July 10, 2003)

July 8, 2003

• 2003 Comet Awards Announced (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics - July 7, 2003)

July 3, 2003

• STARDUST Status Report (July 3, 2003)

June 27, 2003

• STARDUST Status Report (June 27, 2003)
• Uncharted Meteors (NASA Science News - June 27, 2003)

June 26, 2003

• 2003 Leonid MAC Workshop (Ames Research Center - June 2003)

June 20, 2003

• STARDUST Status Report (June 20, 2003)

June 19, 2003

• Stardust Successfully Completes Deep Space Maneuver

June 13, 2003

• STARDUST Status Report (June 13, 2003)

June 10, 2003

• Headless Comets Survive Plunge Through Sun's Atmosphere (Goddard Space Flight Center - June 10, 2003)

June 6, 2003

• STARDUST Status Report (June 6, 2003)

June 5, 2003

• Astrophysicists Simulate Comet X-Ray Emissions In Laboratory (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - June 5, 2003)

May 30, 2003

• STARDUST Status Report (May 30, 2003)

May 29, 2003

• New Destination For Rosetta, Europe's Comet Chaser (European Space Agency - May 28, 2003)

May 23, 2003

• STARDUST Status Report (May 23, 2003)

May 16, 2003

• STARDUST Status Report (May 16, 2003)

May 9, 2003

• STARDUST Status Report (May 9, 2003)

May 7, 2003

• STARDUST Samples (The Meteoritcal Society - April 29, 2003)

May 2, 2003

• STARDUST Status Report (May 2, 2003)

May 1, 2003

• Rutgers Scientist Sees Evidence Of 'Onions' In Space (Rutgers - April 24, 2003)

April 25, 2003

• STARDUST Status Report (April 25, 2003)

April 20, 2003

• Workshop on Cometary Dust in Astrophysics

April 18, 2003

• NASA Astrophycist To Discuss Stardust Comet Sample-Return Mission (Ames Research Center - April 17, 2003)
• STARDUST Status Report (April 18, 2003)

April 14, 2003

• STARDUST Status Report (April 14, 2003)

April 4, 2003

• STARDUST Status Report (April 4, 2003)

March 31, 2003

• NASA's Deep Space 1 Team Receives National Award (NASA - March 31, 2003)

March 28, 2003

• STARDUST Status Report (March 28, 2003)

March 21, 2003

• STARDUST Status Report (March 21, 2003)

March 20, 2003

• Rosetta Update (European Space Agency - March 20, 2003)

March 14, 2003

• STARDUST Status Report (March 14, 2003)

March 7, 2003

• STARDUST Status Report (March 7, 2003)

February 28, 2003

• STARDUST Status Report (February 28, 2003)
• A Rare Meteor Shower (NASA Science News - February 28, 2003)

February 27, 2003

• NASA Finds Remnants Of Ancient Star In Earth's Upper Atmosphere (NASA - February 27, 2003)

February 25, 2003

• Pro-am Meeting on Comets, Meteors & Meteorites (Open University - February 25, 2003)

February 21, 2003

• STARDUST Status Report (February 21, 2003)
• January 2003 issue of the Discovery Program quarterly newsletter is available.

February 18, 2003

• Amazing Live Images: Sungrazing Comet Possibly Hit by Solar Eruption (space.com - February 18, 2003)

February 16, 2003

• Surf The Web To See The Sun-Dancing Comet (European Space Agency - February 12, 2003)

February 14, 2003

• STARDUST Status Report (February 14, 2003)

February 11, 2003

• Planetary Defense Conference: Protecting Earth from Asteroid s (The Aerospace Corporation - February 2003)

February 7, 2003

• STARDUST Status Report (February 7, 2003)

January 31, 2003

• STARDUST Status Report (January 31, 2003)

January 24, 2003

• STARDUST Status Report (January 24, 2003)
• Researchers Find Correlation Between Impacts and Increase in Volcanic Activity Development (Earth Institute at Columbia University - January 17, 2003)

January 17, 2003

• STARDUST Status Report (January 17, 2003)

January 10, 2003

• STARDUST Status Report (January 10, 2003)

January 8, 2003

• Astronomers Poised To Apply Novel Way To Look For Comets Beyond Neptune (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - January 7, 2003)

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