Stardust-NExT to make another Earth flyby
Submit on Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 05:56
On 14 January, NASA’s Stardust-NExT spacecraft will fly by Earth during a gravity assist manoeuvre that will increase its velocity and sling shot the spacecraft into an orbit to meet up with comet Tempel 1 in February 2011.
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