- Original Caption Released with Image:
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This artist's rendering depicts Stardust returning to Earth. Stardust is
the first U.S. space mission dedicated solely to the exploration of a
comet, and the first robotic mission designed to return extraterrestrial
material from outside the orbit of the Moon. The Stardust spacecraft will
bring back samples of interstellar dust, including recently discovered
dust streaming into our Solar System from the direction of Sagittarius.
- Image Credit:
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NASA/JPL
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