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KSC-98pc1864
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In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the Stardust spacecraft is ready for the sample return capsule to be attached. Stardust will use a unique medium called aerogel to capture comet particles flying off the nucleus of comet Wild 2 in January 2004, plus collect interstellar dust for later analysis. The collected samples will return to Earth in the re-entry capsule to be jettisoned as it swings by Earth in January 2006.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineKSC-98pc1864. NASA/KSC, 1998-12-04. Public domain. ID: KSC-98pc1864.
