Thanasis Economou
Thanasis Economou
atmosphere bring comet dropping entering february fuel healthy left orbit placed return space spacecraft stardust sun
Stardust is still very healthy and has fuel left over. After dropping the Space Return Canister, the spacecraft was diverted from entering the Earth's atmosphere and placed in an orbit around the sun that could bring it to another comet in February 2011.
accurate beyond close determine expectation experts months number stardust successful sure
It will take the experts many, many months before they will determine the accurate number, but I am sure that in the end their number will be close to what we have predicted. Stardust was very successful beyond all expectation in all its phases.