Comet Wild 2
Saturday, January 3rd, 2004|
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Team Stardust, NASA’s first dedicated sample return mission to a comet successfully navigated through the particle and gas-laden coma around comet Wild 2 (pronounced “Vilt-2″). The spacecraft flew within 149 miles of the comet, catching samples of comet particles and scoring detailed pictures of Wild 2′s pockmarked surface. Via the Astronomy Picture of the Day |
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