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Stardust Return Pictures

NASA's Comet Tale Draws to a Successful Close in Utah Desert

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NASA's Stardust sample return mission returned safely to Earth when the capsule carrying cometary and interstellar particles successfully touched down at 2:10 a.m. Pacific time (3:10 a.m. Mountain time) in the desert salt flats of the U.S. Air Force Utah Test and Training Range. These pictures tell the story of the successful Stardust return.

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