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Stardust NExT set to meet its second comet

Wednesday, February 9, 2011 - 14:30 in Astronomy & Space

It's been 12 years since Stardust was launched and seven years since it encountered a comet called Wild 2 out beyond Mars. Next Monday the probe will make history again when it meets its second comet, Tempel 1.

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