On Friday, NASA managers cleared the Stardust mission for launch at 4:06 p.m. EST on Saturday, February 6. Stardust will be the first U.S. mission launched to fly close to a comet and collect cometary material for return to Earth for analysis. The Stardust spacecraft also will bring back samples
of interstellar dust.
Scientists expect their analysis to provide important insights into the
evolution of the sun and planets and possibly into the origin of life itself.
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On Friday, NASA managers cleared the Stardust mission for launch at 4:06 p.m. EST on Saturday, February 6. Stardust will be the first U.S. mission launched to fly close to a comet and collect cometary material for return to Earth for analysis. The Stardust spacecraft also will bring back samples
of interstellar dust.
Scientists expect their analysis to provide important insights into the
evolution of the sun and planets and possibly into the origin of life itself.
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