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Photos: Stardust capsule returns with comet dust

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January 17, 2006 7:00 AM PST

NASA's Stardust capsule successfully landed on Jan. 15 at the U.S. Air Force Utah Test and Training Range. The 100-pound capsule was launched in 1999 and traveled 2.9 billion miles to capture particles from comet Wild 2 and return to Earth.

See previous coverage of the Stardust mission.

Photo by NASA

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