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All names submitted for the second microchip are
listed here. The deadline for submitting names has
passed (August 15, 1998), and so we are no longer
collecting names. The names have been sorted alphabetically
by last name (see right).
Two copies of this chip have been installed in the
STARDUST spacecraft, which was launched into space
on February
7, 1999. The STARDUST spacecraft is on
its way to an encounter with Comet Wild-2 in 2004,
and will return comet samples back to Earth in 2006.
One of the microchips is inside the sample return
capsule, so will be returned back to Earth. The
other microchip will remain on the spacecraft and
stay in space forever.
Look
here for the latest updates on the STARDUST
mission.
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