Stardust

Imaging of the Osiris-Rex probe

NASA will launch the Osiris-Rex probe to return a sample from an asteroid to Earth

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Comet Temple-1 as photographed from the Stardust spacecraft, 2011

The return to Comet 1 Temple

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This pair of images shows a before-and-after comparison of the part of Comet Temple-1 that was hit by the projectile launched by the Deep Impact spacecraft in 2005, as taken by the Stardust spacecraft that visited it on February 14, 2011

NASA has released an image of a man-made crater on comet Temple-1

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The Stardust-Next spacecraft approaches Comet Temple 1. Image: NASA

Stardust's bonus flight by Comet Temple-1 - on Monday

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Did life originate on comets?

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

STARDUST mission

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Operation Stardust - first update of the findings

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Initial tests of the comet dust began in Houston. Operation Stardust is crowned with success

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Operation Stardust - preliminary summaries. On Tuesday, the facility containing the precious dust from the comet will be opened

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The Stradhurst capsule carrying the comet made a soft landing in Utah

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

NASA scientists are looking forward to crashing a spacecraft on a comet

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Comet Wilt 2 studied by Stardust yielded surprises for scientists

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Stardust collected space dust, and took rare pictures of a comet from a short distance

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

All indicators show that the encounter between the StarSat spacecraft and Comet Wild-2 this evening was successful

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Weekend News: Stardust Comes to Comet, Spirit to Mars, Meteor Shower, Saturn

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

In early January, Stardust will begin to feel the particles of Comet Wild 2

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Asteroid 5535 Anne Frank photographed up close by the Stardust spacecraft

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

NASA seeks to protect Earth from alien microbes

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Fear of alien bacteria

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Cosmic vacuum cleaner - on Stardust operation

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