Stardust delivers valuable fuel data prior to shutdown
Submit on Friday, March 25th, 2011 22:59
NASA’s Stardust spacecraft sent its last transmission to Earth at 0033 UTC on 25 March, shortly after depleting fuel and ceasing operations. During an 11-year period, the venerable spacecraft collected and returned comet material to Earth and was reused (as Stardust-NExT) after the end of its prime mission in 2006 to observe and study another comet during February 2011.
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