PIA03185: Sample Return Capsule Landing (Artist's Concept)
Artist's rendering of NASA's Stardust capsule returning to Earth. The Stardust spacecraft will bring back samples of interstellar dust, including recently discovered dust streaming into our Solar System from the direction of Sagittarius.
 Mission:  Stardust 
 Spacecraft:  Stardust
 Product Size:  2400 x 3000 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA03185.tif (21.62 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA03185.jpg (478.9 kB)  

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Artist's rendering of the Stardust capsule's return to Earth. The Stardust spacecraft will bring back samples of interstellar dust, including recently discovered dust streaming into our Solar System from the direction of Sagittarius.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL

Image Addition Date:
2005-11-03