- Original Caption Released with Image:
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Stardust Capsule Return as seen from NASA's DC-8 Airborne Laboratory with
a mission to explore the conditions during reentry from the light emitted
by the fireball caused when the capsule streaked through the sky. The
aircraft was located near the end of the trajectory, just outside of UTTR.
The participating researchers are from NASA Ames, the SETI Institute, the
University of Alaska, Utah State University, Lockheed Martin, U.S. Air
Force Academy, the University of Kobe (Japan), and Stuttgart University
(Germany).
- Image Credit:
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NASA/Ames Research Center
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