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KSC-99pc0131

NASA / KSC · 1999-01-28 · photograph (digital archive)

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Workers at Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, connect the third stage of a Boeing Delta II rocket (above), which is already attached to the Stardust spacecraft, with the second stage (below). Stardust, targeted for liftoff on Feb. 6, is destined for a close encounter with the comet Wild 2 in January 2004. Using a silicon-based substance called aerogel, Stardust will capture comet particles flying off the nucleus of the comet.

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Credit lineKSC-99pc0131. NASA/KSC, 1999-01-28. Public domain. ID: KSC-99pc0131.
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