| Stardust: Update on early science results |
Posted: March 14, 2006
Duration: 64 min 21 sec
NASA's Stardust spacecraft returned to Earth in January with the first samples ever retrieved from a comet. This briefing with mission scientists held March 13 from the Johnson Space Center offers an update on the initial research into the comet bits. |  |
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| Stardust: Sample return news briefing |
Posted: January 19, 2006
Duration: 58 min 43 sec
With the comet sample return capsule from the Stardust mission now at its curation facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, scientists hold this news conference January 19 to discuss what the spacecraft's collector tray looks like, cometary impacts it withstood and much more. |  |
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| Stardust: Post-landing news conference |
Posted: January 15, 2006
Duration: 54 min 26 sec
A few hours after the successful landing of the Stardust sample return capsule, mission officials hold this post-flight news conference to discuss the re-entry, condition of the capsule and the upcoming science activities. |  |
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| Stardust: Capsule lands on Earth |
Posted: January 15, 2006
Duration: 13 min 41 sec
Infrared video cameras in Utah track the hot glow of the Stardust comet sample return capsule as it streaks overhead during return to Earth. The trackers follow the capsule as it deploys its parachutes and touches down to complete a 2.88 billion mile journey through the solar system. The movie features the mission control and commentary audio as heard live. |  |
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| Stardust: Comet sample capsule released from mothership |
Posted: January 15, 2006
Duration: 2 min 39 sec
Go behind the scenes inside the mission control room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory as the Stardust spacecraft deploys the sample return capsule for its landing on Earth. |  |
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| Stardust: Pre-entry news briefing |
Posted: January 12, 2006
Duration: 31 min 40 sec
Just three days before Stardust's comet dust collection capsule lands in Utah, scientists and managers with the mission hold this pre-entry news conference January 12 to recap the 7-year voyage and what researchers hope to learn from the precious materials gathered by the spacecraft at Comet Wild 2 for return to Earth. |  |
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| Stardust: News conference previews craft's return to Earth |
Posted: December 21, 2005
Duration: 42 min 16 sec
NASA's Stardust spacecraft encountered Comet Wild 2 two years ago, gathering samples of cometary dust for return to Earth. In this Dec. 21 news conference, mission officials and scientists detail the probe's homecoming and planned landing in Utah scheduled for January 15, 2006. |  |
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| Practicing for Stardust's return |
Posted: October 16, 2005
Duration: 4 min 46 sec
Stardust spacecraft recovery and science team members meet at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston to rehearsed the steps that will be involved when recovering the comet-encountering spacecraft after its landing on Jan. 15, 2006. The spacecraft has collected cometary and interstellar particles for return to Earth. |  |
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