SPACECRAFT BACK ONLINE
NASA's Stardust spacecraft, set to rendezvous with Comet P/ Wild 2 in 2004, had an encounter with high-energy particles from a solar flare recently and entered a safe mode (see photo of spacecraft taken just prior to launch). Stardust was 130 million mi. from the Sun--on its way back to Earth for a...
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