Comet-hunting spacecraft shuts down after 12 years

Thursday, March 24, 2011 - 22:00 in Astronomy & Space

DENVER (AP) -- NASA ordered its comet-hunting Stardust probe to burn its remaining fuel on Thursday, setting off a sequence that shut down the spacecraft after a 12-year career....

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