Star Dust's Flyby of Comet Wild 2

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Star Dust's Flyby of Comet Wild 2

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http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/ima ... oad+slowly.
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Stardust's mission is to collect dust from a comet and return it to Earth.
Latest news is the capsule was successfully ejected by the mothership and has parachuted down safely as planned!

http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/06 ... anded.html

The mothership will not proceed on to a new mission.
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