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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4768. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Space Missions, Solar System Missions

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Fourth mission in NASA's Discovery programme, launched in February 1999. The first US mission to a comet and the first mission to bring back material from outside the Earth-Moon system. It will encounter Comet Wild-2 on 2 January 2004. The main objective is to capture dust particles from the comet in aerogel and return them to Earth. The sample return capsule is due to parachute onto the US milit...

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