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PIA03668: Stardust Capsule Return
 Mission:  Stardust
 Spacecraft:  Stardust
 Instrument:  DC-8 Airborne Laboratory 
 Product Size:  2360 x 1808 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  Ames Research Center 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA03668.tif (12.82 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA03668.jpg (371 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

Stardust Capsule Return as seen from NASA's DC-8 Airborne Laboratory with a mission to explore the conditions during reentry from the light emitted by the fireball caused when the capsule streaked through the sky. The aircraft was located near the end of the trajectory, just outside of UTTR. The participating researchers are from NASA Ames, the SETI Institute, the University of Alaska, Utah State University, Lockheed Martin, U.S. Air Force Academy, the University of Kobe (Japan), and Stuttgart University (Germany).

Image Credit:
NASA/Ames Research Center

Image Addition Date:
2006-01-17