Stardust- Comet capsule to produce light show over Western U.S. - Sunday, 1/15 at 157PT

AP on Yahoo ^ | 1/8/06 | Alicia Chang - ap

[NormsRevenge]

This image provided by NASA shows the nucleus of comet Wild 2, taken by the navigation camera during the close-approach phase of NASA'S Stardust spacecraft on Jan. 2, 2004, during a flyby of the comet. The Stardust's round-trip, interstellar rendezvous to comet Wild 2 draws to a close Jan. 15, 2006, when the spacecraft jettisons a canister containing comet grains through the Earth's fiery atmosphere to the high Utah desert. (AP Photo/NASA)

[NormsRevenge]

[theDentist]

Is this the same ship that carried a cd with names fo people worldwide that submitted their name long long ago?

[skinkinthegrass]

Science Ping

Scifi Ping

[cabojoe]

Tips on Stardust SRC Entry Viewing (for those luck enough to be in the right area) http://reentry.arc.nasa.gov/viewingforum.html

[NormsRevenge]

No.. LOLOL

It is a sister project to this one tho, Genesis.

http://genesismission.jpl.nasa.gov/

[NormsRevenge]

Thanks!

Bummer it won't be viewable for very long, some clouds will be in the sky in some of the area as well.

[cabojoe]

It's entry is next week, the 15th. You're Welcome, at least I'm good for something around here.

[NormsRevenge]

well. I'll be ,, Thanks! now I know I need to put my glasses on. :-}

[theDentist]

You sure that's Genesis? Look smore like the Err America.

[cabojoe]

Renegade says his family's name is on it so yes it must be. My name was blown up on the CD on Deep Impact.

[theDentist]

I recall signing one of them, but which one.... ? ah well, as long as I somehow made it into the heavens...

[ItsForTheChildren]

[NormsRevenge]

I hadn't seen anything about the CD thing , Really? Cool

[NormsRevenge]

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/stardust/main/index.html

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Stardust Successfully Images Asteroid Annefrank During Dress Rehearsal

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/stardust/news/stardustf-20021104.html

[Joe Miner]

And its landing at Dugway is just a coincidence, nothing to do with Andromeda Strain.

[NormsRevenge]

Here it is.. they burned 136,000 names on a microchip..

November 10, 1997

PUBLIC INVITED TO SEND NAMES ON ROUNDTRIP MISSION TO COMET

http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/news/status/971110.html

[NormsRevenge]

Looks like could have taken up to 300,000 names.. This must be the one,

[KevinDavis]

[KevinDavis]