French Labs To Receive Stardust Samples

Returning to Earth last weekend after a seven-year, three-billion mile journey through space, Stardust's Sample Return Canister has now arrived at NASA's Johnson Space Center, in Houston.

By Space War Editorial Team · Editorial process

Published January 18, 2006

Returning to Earth last weekend after a seven-year, three-billion mile journey through space, Stardust's Sample Return Canister has now arrived at NASA's Johnson Space Center, in Houston.

In a special laboratory, a team of scientists at JSC will begin work to open the container and analyze the comet and interstellar dust samples.

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