Stardust Ready for Spectacular Sample Return
Credit: USAF 319th AIR REFUELING WING
It seems only fitting for the Stardust sample return capsule to be traveling so fast as it breaks through Earth's atmosphere that it will leave a white-hot streak across the late-night Nevada sky. After all, it is bringing back comet dust. But the spectacular end to Stardust's seven-year mission...
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