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Stardust-Next Burns for Comet Flyby
06.25.08 -- The Stardust-Next flight team fired their spacecraft's engine today to refine its trajectory. This trajectory sets the stage for an encounter with comet Tempel 1 on February 14, 2011.
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Stardust Stars on Earth as it Does in the Heavens
While their spacecraft's journeys may have taken it more than halfway to Jupiter, members of the Stardust team have lately been doing some roaming of their own.
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Stardust Comet Dust Resembles Asteroid Materials
Contrary to scientists' expectations, much of the comet dust returned by NASA's Stardust mission formed very close to the young sun
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Stardust Samples Show Evidence of Fire, Ice
Stardust samples of comet particles might seem like a strange place to find a big component of the green sand found on some Hawaiian beaches, but there it was.
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Movie: Stardust Capsule Reentry
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Why Send the Science Home?
The Stardust mission already has a couple of major successes under its belt. (Quicktime - streaming)
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Protecting Stardust: NASA Ames and the Heat Shield
Researchers had to figure out what would be the best material for a heat shield during Stardust's high-speed re-entry.
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