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"...all these worlds..." is a blog by David Hitt. It covers space exploration, decent science fiction, humor (by its very nature), and whatever else I happen to find cool. (Formerly "You Must Fight The Bear")
Name: David Hitt About Me: Inspiring the next generation of explorers... See my complete profile
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:: Friday, January 02, 2004 ::
Spaceflight In A Coma
The Stardust space probe has been in the coma of comet Wild-2 for about 2 days, and will be passing the nucleus of the comet around 1:40 p.m. CST today. During the rendezvous, Stardust will collect samples of comet material, which it will return to Earth in January 2006. The probe is currently 242 million miles from the Earth, or about seven times farther away than Mars was during its perigee last year. You can follow the mission at NASA's Stardust home page, which features a countdown clock for the encounter, which is at 5 hours 28 minutes as I write this.