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In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the Stardust spacecraft waits to be encased in a protective canister...
In the early morning, the Stardust spacecraft, with the third stage of a Boeing Delta II rocket attached, arrives...
Workers at Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, connect the third stage of a Boeing Delta II rocket (above),...
At Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, workers check the mounting on a video camera on the second stage of...
At Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, workers watch as the protective canister is lifted from the Stardust...
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, a canister (left) is moved toward the Stardust spacecraft (right). The...
At Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, workers finish mounting a video camera on the second stage of a...
NASA’s Stardust spacecraft has gathered dozens of images from its January fly-by of Comet Wild 2. (Pronounced Vilt...
This September a Hollywood-style capture will highlight NASA's Genesis mission when it comes to an exciting climax....
In the Payload Hazardous Service Facility, the Stardust spacecraft sits wrapped in plastic covering. Built by...
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers adjust a science panel they are installing on the spacecraft...
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers install a science panel on the spacecraft Stardust. Scheduled...
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers get ready to install a science panel on the spacecraft...
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers at left check instruments during a lighting test on the solar...
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover dropped the last of 10 tubes at the "Three Forks" sample depot on Jan. 28, 2023, the...
This map shows where NASA's Perseverance Mars dropped each of its 10 samples so that a future mission could pick...
In the Payload Hazardous Service Facility, a worker looks over the re-entry capsule on top of the Stardust...
The Stardust spacecraft sits in the Payload Hazardous Service Facility waiting to undergo installation and testing...
The Stardust spacecraft sits in the Payload Hazardous Service Facility waiting to undergo installation and testing...
At Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, a worker (left) runs a wire through a mounting hole on the second...
After a 24-hour postponement, the Boeing Delta II rocket carrying the Stardust spacecraft waits on Launch Pad 17-A,...
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, media representatives, dressed in protective suits, are updated by...
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, Casey McClellan (left) and Denise Kato (right), with Lockheed Martin,...
At Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, a Boeing Delta II rocket is poised for liftoff after tower rollback....