Some Space News

[gekkogecko]

NASA has had a mission going for slightly over three years now to collect samples from a comet and return them to earth.

http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/

Project Stardust has successfully rondezvoused with comet Wild-2, and collected its samples.

http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/news/status/040102.html

Now, if the return trip goes as smoothly, then we'll be set.

Just hope the Mars landing goes as well tomorrow as this mission has gone.

[jseal]

gekkogecko,

Let's keep our fingers crossed that all goes well!

[PantyFanatic]

Yep!:D
Should get to see what some real "star stuff" is made of.:)

Going to be watching closely tomorrow.:rolleyes:

[don73153]

News this morning had a picture of a cratered, 2 1/2 mile diameter comet core. Interesting.

[Scarecrow]

Landing time is 6:35 CST tonight

[gekkogecko]

Follow-up: NASA the other day released some photos of the comet Wild-2 and associated people and equipment.

[gekkogecko]

First of the comet

[gekkogecko]

#2 of the comet:

[gekkogecko]

And one of the spacecraft, Stardust itself:

[jseal]

gekkogecko,

The context is distinctly different from the one in which I usually say this, but - nice pics! Thank you.