Stardust probe begins collecting interstellar particles
NASA's Stardust spacecraft has deployed the aerogel particle collector its controllers hope to retrieve in 2006, extending one of its sides into open space to capture microscopic bits of interstellar dust for later analysis. According to a Jet Propulsion Laboratory status report, spacecraft...
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