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Ref : S13032
Theme :
Testings - Satellites - Probes - Rockets (2314 images)
Title : Workers in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility watch as the Stardust spacecraft
Caption :
(01/11/1999) --- Workers in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility watch as the Stardust spacecraft is lowered before deploying panels for lighting tests. Stardust is scheduled to be launched aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket from Launch Pad 17A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, on Feb. 6, 1999, for a rendezvous with the comet Wild 2 in January 2004. Stardust will use a substance called aerogel to capture comet particles flying off the nucleus of the comet, plus collect interstellar dust for later analysis. The collected samples will return to Earth in a sample return capsule (seen on top of the spacecraft) to be jettisoned as it swings by Earth in January 2006
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