NASA craft on track for comet rendezvous
Monday, January 31, 2011 - 22:30
in Astronomy & Space
PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 31 (UPI) -- NASA's Stardust spacecraft has sent back the first images of comet Tempel 1, the intended target of a close flyby next month, U.S. officials said.
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