PIA03185: Sample Return Capsule Landing (Artist's Concept)
Sample Return Capsule Landing (Artist's Concept)
Mission: Stardust
Spacecraft: Stardust
Product Size: 2400 samples x 3000 lines
Produced By: JPL
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Original Caption Released with Image:

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