We took a spacecraft and flew it five years. But in these five years, we went back to the origin of time - to the origin of our solar system.
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The science that's going to come out of this, that's going to tell us about the early formation of our solar system, the role that comets have played in the formation of Earth and ourselves, that will unfold over the next few years. The science that this project is returning will be unprecedented.Tom Duxbury
Stardust has performed flawlessly these last seven years ... and deserves a rest for a while.
Tom Duxbury
You'll see people wearing protective gear. Our concern is (contamination) from us to the particles, not the other way.
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It was like a hole just opened up in the middle of the sky.
Tom Duxbury
(The research) will involve looking at particles that were kept in the far reaches of our universe in a deep freeze since the beginning of our solar system.
Tom Duxbury
Ten years of planning and seven years of flight operations were realized early this morning when we successfully picked up our return capsule off of the desert floor in Utah.
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