Capsule of Comet Dust Lands Safely Back on Earth
Scientists approach the comet dust capsule early Sunday after it
landed safely in the Utah desert.
Image source: MSNBC / NASA / AFP / Getty Images
landed safely in the Utah desert.
Image source: MSNBC / NASA / AFP / Getty Images
Via MSNBC.
After a seven-year, 2.9 billion-mile round trip, NASA's Stardust space capsule floated down to a landing in the Utah desert early Sunday, bringing back interstellar dust and comet samples that scientists hope will yield clues to the origins of the solar system.
"All stations, we have touchdown," declared Stardust project manager Tom Duxbury, dressed in a navy blue NASA pilot's jumpsuit for the occasion. That sparked a roomful of smiles and a round of applause from mission controllers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.
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