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  Artists concept of Stardust-NExT spacecraft
March 23, 2011
NASA's Stardust: Good to the Last Drop
On Thursday, March 24 at about 4 p.m. PDT (7 p.m. EDT), NASA's Stardust spacecraft will perform a final burn with its main engines.
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  This pair of images shows the before-and-after comparison of the part of comet Tempel 1 that was hit by the impactor from NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft.
February 15, 2011
NASA Releases Images of Man-Made Crater on Comet
NASA's Stardust spacecraft returned new images of a comet showing a scar resulting from the 2005 Deep Impact mission.
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  These two images show the different views of comet Tempel 1 seen by NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft (left) and NASA's Stardust spacecraft (right).
February 15, 2011
NASA Press Conference on Stardust-NExT Comet Flyby
News conference held Feb. 15 following the flyby of comet Tempel 1 by the Stardust-NExT spacecraft on Valentine’s Day, Feb.14.
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+ Archive of Feb. 15, 2011 NASA Comet Flyby: News Conference

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  NASA's Stardust-NExT mission took this image of comet Tempel 1 at 8:39 p.m. PST (11:39 p.m. EST) on Feb 14, 2011. The comet was first visited by NASA's Deep Impact mission in 2005. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell
February 15, 2011
Comet Hunter's First Images on the Ground
Mission controllers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., have begun receiving the first of 72 anticipated images of comet Tempel 1 taken by NASA's Stardust spacecraft.
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+ NASA's Stardust Spacecraft Completes Comet Flyby February 14, 2011
+ The Two Faces of Tempel 1 February 14, 2011
+ NASA Spacecraft Hours From Comet Encounter February 14, 2011
+ NASA Hosting Events For Valentine's Night Comet Encounter February 8, 2011
+ Stardust Celebrates Twelve Years With Rocket Burn February 8, 2011
+ NASA Stardust Adjusts Flight Path for Comet Meetup February 1, 2011
+ NASA Comet Hunter Spots Its Valentine January 26, 2011

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News Archive

+ Stardust-NExT News Archive
+ Stardust Mission (1999-2006)

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Press Kits

+ Stardust-NExT Press Kit (February 2011)
+ Stardust Sample Return Press Kit (January 2006)
+ Stardust Comet Flyby Press Kit (January 2004)
+ Stardust Press Kit (February 1999)

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Mission Status Report

+ Latest mission status reports from the flight team

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Mission Brief

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+ Mission Details
+ Mission History
+ Spacecraft Details
+ Meet the Team

Latest Images From the Stardust-NExT Flyby

NASA's Stardust-NExT mission took this image of comet Tempel 1 at 8:38 p.m. PST (11:38 p.m. EST) on Feb 14, 2011. The comet was first visited by NASA's Deep Impact mission in 2005.

+ Images of Comet Tempel 1 Flyby
+ Stereo Images of Comet Tempel 1
+ Mission Highlights Image Gallery
+ Videos of Comet Tempel 1 Encounter

Media Contacts

Stardust-NExT is managed for NASA's Space Science Division by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), a division of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Stardust is a collaborative partnership made up of the Cornell University, Lockheed Martin Space Systems, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech.

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DC Agle
NASA/JPL Media Relations
agle@jpl.nasa.gov
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Gary Napier
Lockheed Martin Space Systems
303-971-4012
gary.p.napier@lmco.com
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Blaine Friedlander
Cornell Press Relations
607-254-6235
Bpf2@cornell.edu
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NASA Headquarters PAO
202-358-1726
Dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov