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For my final post tonight, a bit of scientific genius:
A capsule containing comet particles and interstellar dust has landed on Earth after a seven-year space mission.
The Stardust probe released the capsule as it flew back to Earth after a 4.6-billion-km (2.8-billion-mile) trip (highlight of it's seven-year mission was a close encounter with Comet Wild 2 in January 2004, sweeping up particles from the frozen body of ice and dust, flying to within 240km (149 miles) of the comet's core).
The US-built capsule plunged through the atmosphere and touched down in the Utah desert at 0312 (1012 GMT).
Scientists believe the first cometary dust samples ever returned to Earth will shed light on the origins of the Solar System.
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Well done folks, but if I may impart one word of advice:
I hope everyone involved with the project has seen (or read) "The Andrmeda Strain".
A capsule containing comet particles and interstellar dust has landed on Earth after a seven-year space mission.
The Stardust probe released the capsule as it flew back to Earth after a 4.6-billion-km (2.8-billion-mile) trip (highlight of it's seven-year mission was a close encounter with Comet Wild 2 in January 2004, sweeping up particles from the frozen body of ice and dust, flying to within 240km (149 miles) of the comet's core).
The US-built capsule plunged through the atmosphere and touched down in the Utah desert at 0312 (1012 GMT).
Scientists believe the first cometary dust samples ever returned to Earth will shed light on the origins of the Solar System.
Full story here:
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Well done folks, but if I may impart one word of advice:
I hope everyone involved with the project has seen (or read) "The Andrmeda Strain".
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